Brick machine, no health insurance - what else can I DO?

avi123 wrote:Black Shampoo, have you noticed this French Woman who says to ignore assholes?

nanwilson wrote:It seems to me that you are entrenched in a "poor me" syndrome and that is giving you a bad attitude problem. Do you really think that you are the youngest, no insurance, no job, sold a brick patients to come here and get help. You are among a big number of patients ........
We have kids ages 11 to 16 and young adults ... that beats you.
We have patients with no insurance - MANY of us - me included.
No job, lots of folks here have lost their job.
Sold a brick... tons of us again. Me included, I had to pay $1600 for a brick out of my pocket, and my pockets are pretty damn poor.
You see, you are not alone, you have been given many good ideas on how to either cope with what you have or get a cheaper auto. But, somehow you don't want the advice you have been given, nor do you want some of our help. Your words that "you don't want to hear from any senior citizens" bodes well for your attitude that needs some adjustment.
I might be a poor senior citizen, but some how I now have an auto machine that I only paid $80 for from another member here .. it was used but it sure works just fine and the price was right. Patience and perseverance are the keys to successful therapy, you need to dial down and take a breather... if you can't put up with the brick, then take some suggestions from the "senior citizens" and go to craigs list, secondwind, or here, there are several people here that sell used and new machines.
Best advice you are going to get is right here on this forum, we have been there, done that and got the t-shirt , but somehow we get the job done ... one problem at a time.
Good luck
Nan

49er wrote:Wow Nan, I don't understand the anger behind your post. Black Shampoo was simply expressing normal feelings of grief that occur due to a job loss, particularly when she is having a hard time functioning due to lack of good quality sleep. I fail to see how that translates as having a bad attitude.

By the way, I don't see where she said she didn't want to hear from senior citizens in this thread or the other posts she has written. Am I missing something?

49er

nanwilson wrote:It seems to me that you are entrenched in a "poor me" syndrome and that is giving you a bad attitude problem. Do you really think that you are the youngest, no insurance, no job, sold a brick patients to come here and get help. You are among a big number of patients ........
We have kids ages 11 to 16 and young adults ... that beats you.
We have patients with no insurance - MANY of us - me included.
No job, lots of folks here have lost their job.
Sold a brick... tons of us again. Me included, I had to pay $1600 for a brick out of my pocket, and my pockets are pretty damn poor.
You see, you are not alone, you have been given many good ideas on how to either cope with what you have or get a cheaper auto. But, somehow you don't want the advice you have been given, nor do you want some of our help. Your words that "you don't want to hear from any senior citizens" bodes well for your attitude that needs some adjustment.
I might be a poor senior citizen, but some how I now have an auto machine that I only paid $80 for from another member here .. it was used but it sure works just fine and the price was right. Patience and perseverance are the keys to successful therapy, you need to dial down and take a breather... if you can't put up with the brick, then take some suggestions from the "senior citizens" and go to craigs list, secondwind, or here, there are several people here that sell used and new machines.
Best advice you are going to get is right here on this forum, we have been there, done that and got the t-shirt , but somehow we get the job done ... one problem at a time.
Good luck
Nan

avi123 wrote:When I look at Kate's link, I see that you could sell there the S9 Escape and buy an S9 Elite for an addition of $40:
http://secondwindcpap.com/

Gently Used ResMed S9 Escape and Accessories $329
Gently Used ResMed S9 Elite and Accessories $369

nanwilson wrote:

49er wrote:Wow Nan, I don't understand the anger behind your post. Black Shampoo was simply expressing normal feelings of grief that occur due to a job loss, particularly when she is having a hard time functioning due to lack of good quality sleep. I fail to see how that translates as having a bad attitude.

By the way, I don't see where she said she didn't want to hear from senior citizens in this thread or the other posts she has written. Am I missing something?

49er

nanwilson wrote:It seems to me that you are entrenched in a "poor me" syndrome and that is giving you a bad attitude problem. Do you really think that you are the youngest, no insurance, no job, sold a brick patients to come here and get help. You are among a big number of patients ........
We have kids ages 11 to 16 and young adults ... that beats you.
We have patients with no insurance - MANY of us - me included.
No job, lots of folks here have lost their job.
Sold a brick... tons of us again. Me included, I had to pay $1600 for a brick out of my pocket, and my pockets are pretty damn poor.
You see, you are not alone, you have been given many good ideas on how to either cope with what you have or get a cheaper auto. But, somehow you don't want the advice you have been given, nor do you want some of our help. Your words that "you don't want to hear from any senior citizens" bodes well for your attitude that needs some adjustment.
I might be a poor senior citizen, but some how I now have an auto machine that I only paid $80 for from another member here .. it was used but it sure works just fine and the price was right. Patience and perseverance are the keys to successful therapy, you need to dial down and take a breather... if you can't put up with the brick, then take some suggestions from the "senior citizens" and go to craigs list, secondwind, or here, there are several people here that sell used and new machines.
Best advice you are going to get is right here on this forum, we have been there, done that and got the t-shirt , but somehow we get the job done ... one problem at a time.
Good luck
Nan

49er.. you translate tough love and my opinion into "anger"... for shame. As to the words senior citizens, I was being nice, he/she called us older and in our twilight years in the other thread concerning cancer. I seem to have rubbed you the wrong way, sometimes things (and in my opinion) need to be said to try and bump the poster into a better frame of mind. A better frame of mind would perhaps make him/her listen to some of the excellent advice that has been given and slowly fix things that need fixing to get more and better relief from his/her therapy.. Having a rant or being super frustrated is fine, but taking a big breath and getting going with some of the suggestions is even better..... my opinion only, not anger, I don't get angry.
Nan

nanwilson wrote:It seems to me that you are entrenched in a "poor me" syndrome and that is giving you a bad attitude problem. Do you really think that you are the youngest, no insurance, no job, sold a brick patients to come here and get help. You are among a big number of patients ........
We have kids ages 11 to 16 and young adults ... that beats you.
We have patients with no insurance - MANY of us - me included.
No job, lots of folks here have lost their job.
Sold a brick... tons of us again. Me included, I had to pay $1600 for a brick out of my pocket, and my pockets are pretty damn poor.
You see, you are not alone, you have been given many good ideas on how to either cope with what you have or get a cheaper auto. But, somehow you don't want the advice you have been given, nor do you want some of our help. Your words that "you don't want to hear from any senior citizens" bodes well for your attitude that needs some adjustment.
I might be a poor senior citizen, but some how I now have an auto machine that I only paid $80 for from another member here .. it was used but it sure works just fine and the price was right. Patience and perseverance are the keys to successful therapy, you need to dial down and take a breather... if you can't put up with the brick, then take some suggestions from the "senior citizens" and go to craigs list, secondwind, or here, there are several people here that sell used and new machines.
Best advice you are going to get is right here on this forum, we have been there, done that and got the t-shirt , but somehow we get the job done ... one problem at a time.
Good luck
Nan

Pugsy wrote:Avi didn't offer the used machine idea. I did.
Don't give him credit for something he didn't do.

Kate M wrote:To be cautiously fair... At the same time you were making the suggestion on the pulse ox thread, I was making the same suggestion on this thread. Avi went one step further and pointed out that he could SELL his own machine and therefore maybe get the full data machine upgrade for $40 after all that. It doesn't really matter, but the conversation was happening on two threads at exactly the same time.

Eddie Fasolino wrote:

BlackSpinner wrote:
He is not getting benefit from his cpap , how in hell do you expect hm to find another job while he feels like crap. Go and crawl back under your rock.

He was holding down a six-figure job and lost it through no fault of his own. He has not said he does not feel capable of finding another job.

Samaniego wrote:

Black Shampoo wrote:There are some serious headcases on this board, man. Is this what sleep dep does to people?

The people help so very much but can they only write help. YOU have to take action. I hope you will act well for yourself.

Definitely. Be your own advocate. Don't take no from anyone and find a way to fix the situation