Awhile ago I shared the above.j.a.taylor wrote:I went to my Primary Care Physician . . .
. . . I said that it seemed to me, with the numbers I have showing severe apnea, that he would be interested in me monitoring those numbers, much like my wife monitors her diabetes, so that my visits with him would be more effective as we work on my treatment plan.
He pause for a moment, went "hmmm", then said, "I've never had a patient ask me that before, what do you need?" I explained that my DME gave me a machine that wasn't data capable, but that I wanted one that would enable me to monitor my progress.
His reply, "my only concern is that you don't get too obsessive about this, but if you can guarantee that, then I think it's a good idea." He then told me to do some homework (already done), send him what I want, and that he'll write a new prescription. If the insurance doesn't hassle him, he'll give me whatever I want . . .
Today, I touched base with my DME. After reading all the horror stories on this board, I wasn't sure what to expect.
My RT returned my call, and missed me, because I was out of the office. I returned her call, and missed her, so I expected to begin the process all over again tomorrow.
This afternoon, she called back again. I explained the above to her, just as I had my Doctor. Her reply stunned me:
"Hmmmm! Sounds like we need to get you an APAP machine. Just have your doctor write the prescription, and we'll get you what you want."
Then, she proceeded to tell me exactly what to have the doctor write, so that everything will go through just fine with my insurance.
I'm faxing the information to him tomorrow.
I guess I got one of the good RTs, and a DME willing to work with me. I'm giddy.
And definitely lucky.
Seems to be a lot of good posts about victories over Drs and DMEs Glad your getting what that data compatible machine.
