Thanks, Kira. Feeling the results of the data is even better than wonderful! My sleep debt is paid off, but the debt of gratitude I owe to this forum is HUGE. I'd never have made it to this point without the help I got here, and I hope I can offer to others what I've been so generously given.Kiralynx wrote:BB,
Considering all that you have been through to get effective therapy, seeing those charts is wonderful.
ASV may not be the answer for everyone, but it certainly seems to be the answer to your issues.
I'm sure glad this Forum was here, and that you're STUBBORN.
Stubborn? My ex sleep doc (and his clinical director) would likely use a different word to describe me.
Hi, cpapernewbie, and thanks. War and Peace? There have been a few of us on the forum who've been through Hell and back on this journey, so there are a few other "novel" threads floating around for you to check out (if you're so inclined).cpapernewbie wrote:Hi BB and all participating heroes!
This is the CPAP "War and Peace". I wish somebody rewrite these episodes into a TV sitcom Very interesting eventhough it is a very very long thread!
I just want to know what happened to the "bad" guy and the report to medical board...
Way to go BB!
A TV sitcom, huh? Well, I can see that now. My situation wasn't so funny when I was in the middle of all the trials and tribulations, but I can laugh about it now.
What happened to the "bad" guy? He's still practicing. I did file a complaint when the clinical director refused to provide me with the results of my last autopap trial (the subject of this thread). But I dropped the big complaint I planned to file about the doctor. I was really upset at the end of the relationship, and I wanted blood for all he'd put me through. But as time went on, I felt less and less compelled to make a stink about it, because the sleep medicine community here is extremely small, and I was of the opinion that I really needed a good new sleep doc to work with. I definitely burned the bridge with the ex doc, but I was afraid that if I took it any further, I'd kill any chance I had of finding another.
As it turned out, I did find another doc, but I suspect that my "reputation" preceded me, as she changed her tune with me not long after I consulted her, and she hasn't been of much help to me since.
I still have the Complaint I'd planned to file, and I occasionally revisit the idea of following through with it. I have strong beliefs when it comes to doing the right thing, and it bugs me to think he's likely continuing to give patients shoddy service. I doubt anything will change unless he has to answer a complaint made to his professional organization, and that weighs on my mind. But the other side of that coin is that it would undoubtedly be a very stressful situation for me. And now that I'm finally getting good therapy, I'm enjoying life again and just want to continue feeling well-rested.
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