Questions To Ask At A Support Group Meeting

I am surprised that I found 4 people at work who have OSA. Some had a CPAP machine for a few months, some were in process of
getting their machine. One person tried his mask for 2 hours each day and took it off. His OSA is serious.
Not a huge workspace. When I found out I had a mild case (sleep study) of OSA, I was determined to find
out all I could about this condition. I bought "Phantom of the Night" book, researched the internet. When I showed my Sleep
Doctor the book, he flipped thru it...the Doctor said "yes its a good book, but most of my patients don't want to know or research
this". I plan to join a support group, meeting next month. You have prepared a great list of questions. I will stir the pot. I could not even
fathom having a disease or condition and not finding out all I can about it. Somewhere on one of the posts, I saw a recommendation
for a doctor to prescribe "Mask of patients choice". I made the doctor write this in the Rx he wrote. He gave me a funny look, don't
think anyone ever asked him that before. I had two insurances, said it would not be an issue. I got the mask I wanted.
I also thought it was unusual that my critical care pulmonologist, who holds a certification in sleep medicine, and owns his own office,
would not have the software to read the results of the machine that he prescribed. I have to have the DME do it and get the results forwarded to him.

Do let us know how your support group meeting goes, please.

Slinky,

Yah... don't forget the brochure for this place here:

cpaptalk.com_brochure.pdf

It unfortunately requires legal paper to print correctly, and I don't have a tray for it, but it may be useful to someone else.