Apneaics, sleep docs & DMSs

beneyw · Post by **beneyw** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:42 am

Using my APAP my oxygen readings were:

Basal Sp O2 = 96.5
Minimum SpO2 = 94

byront · Post by **byront** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:53 am

They are all in it for the $$$$ and that's it! You will get a thousand times more help off this board than any doctor! And best of all, at least here you get the feeling that someone actually CARES! If you are fortunate enough to have run across a doctor that really cares, then in my opinion you should get down on your knees and give thanks because you have been truely blessed with a miracle. My experience regarding apnea was like attending a big sales seminar - a large room full of people, chairs, and a movie where the equipment was being pushed on you with no regard or consideration of any other possibilities for your problem. The only thing the sleep doctor did was to schedule sleep lab apointments as quickly as possible - consideration of any other possibilities like an existing sinus condition was out of the question. My impression was that he wanted to get out on the golf course or something and this was all just a nuisance. Do I have any respect for doctors - absolutely NOT. Do I think their out to fleece you out of as much as they can - I'd bet my last dollar on it, if they would have left me with one! --- BT

jeepdoctor · Post by **jeepdoctor** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:50 pm

Something I forgot to mention about my doc. He never examined me. Just came in and sat in a chair. And began talking. When I asked about the location of my obstruction site, he responded that it didn't matter where the obstruction is, because CPAP will take care of it.

I have talked to other folks in different cities who were scoped, peered-into, x-rayed, palpitated, given a heads-up on what to expect at the sleep lab (including sleep on your back as much as you can), etc. Neither did my doc mention the possibility that a jaw positioner might do the trick. Probably because I didn't ask "the right question."