Re: What do you talk about with your sleep Dr?
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:15 pm
My first sleep doc wasn't nearly as bad as what a lot of you guys are dealing with, but I thought that his disinterest in looking at the data from my data card, as well as the lack of followup was a deal-breaker. I have an excellent intern, and I expect the same from a sleep MD. They even told me that they counted on the DME to download the data, and that all that mattered was the AHI. I might have mentioned here that I'd taken in my data card, and after over an hour the tech still hadn't been able to DL the data! When I mentioned that to my Lincare RT he gave me sleep doc #2's name and phone number right away.
I had my first appt yesterday with sleep doc #2, and even though it's about a 45 minute drive, he's well worth it. It was a 'new patient' visit, and he went over my sleep study (which I made sure that the sleep center had faxed to them last week), we discussed why the machine thinks I'm throwing centrals (shorter version: I'm not, and the S9 isn't perfect), he suggested changes in my settings, and told me to come back in a month, bringing my machine, mask, etc... including the data card!
He usually sent people to DL the proper software so they can look at their own data (!), but said that the company had cracked down, so he wasn't able to do that. I told him about sleepyhead, and we googled it at his desk and looked at the download site! He's going to check it out. He also recommends that people come here, and the other major forums, for more support.
The winner, IMO: He encourages people to take charge of their treatment, and thinks it's ridiculous that people want to keep patients from knowing how to look at, and change, their settings. Can you beat that? I love it!
I had my first appt yesterday with sleep doc #2, and even though it's about a 45 minute drive, he's well worth it. It was a 'new patient' visit, and he went over my sleep study (which I made sure that the sleep center had faxed to them last week), we discussed why the machine thinks I'm throwing centrals (shorter version: I'm not, and the S9 isn't perfect), he suggested changes in my settings, and told me to come back in a month, bringing my machine, mask, etc... including the data card!
He usually sent people to DL the proper software so they can look at their own data (!), but said that the company had cracked down, so he wasn't able to do that. I told him about sleepyhead, and we googled it at his desk and looked at the download site! He's going to check it out. He also recommends that people come here, and the other major forums, for more support.
The winner, IMO: He encourages people to take charge of their treatment, and thinks it's ridiculous that people want to keep patients from knowing how to look at, and change, their settings. Can you beat that? I love it!