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Have you visited cpaptalk.com? When I first started CPAP therapy, those folks were really helpful in getting things adjusted so that I was compliant and happy to be so. I did a brief search there for Chiari Malformation, and there are people who are quite familiar with it. The take away I got from looking is you need to have a good grasp on what is going on and it may take a few months to have your machine titrated correctly. Best of luck to you.
Yes they have several. They have a guard you wear at night that keeps your airway open. Also some people can have a surgery that reduces the size of your uvula and helps as well. Yes insurance will often cover it. You can rent it if they do not.
The machine will have an SD card in it. This measues how often you are using it. You will bring the card to the place you get your machine from and they will download how much you are using it. This is how they measure compliance. This is standard for most insurances. You usually rent it for a certain period of time and then it is yours. Usually the insurance pays 80% and you pay the rest. Most surgeons test for it if you do not already have it because this will help you get approved.
I fee kind of weird replying to my own post, but here are the details I was wondering about. I visited the pulmonary doc yesterday and got the official results regarding the apnea. It was much worse than I thought: at one time during REM sleep I didn't breathe for 40 secs! And I got no deep sleep. None. Nada. So the recommendation is that I get a sleep study with a titration (means they figure out the right size machine and it settings; I kind of like the science here) and my appointment is in 4 weeks. I am on a waiting list to try and get in earlier. Anyway, once I get my machine and get a little used to it I need to use it for 30 days straight then return to the Dr. At that point I will have demonstrated my compliance. Assuming my other clearances are in we can then apply to the insurance company.
As an aside, it seems that the insurance companies are really rebelling against approving sleep studies because they are so expensive to run preferring to do the "at home" version and prescribing a one size fits all APAP machine, where the machine figures out what the settings should be. But their concern is making more money.
Preop Diet 10/4/14; Sleeve: 10/13/14
So, now that I have been diagnosed as an apneac (is that a word?) and I will be getting a CPAP machine in the near future I find in the fine print of the packet I was given is that I have to "demonstrate compliance for one month" in order to get the sleeve. Is this an insurance requirement or a surgical requirement? What is involved. How can they tell if you're compliant at all? Heck, I didn't even know I had it even though the surgeon and pulmonolgist both strongly suspected it.
Preop Diet 10/4/14; Sleeve: 10/13/14
So getting a maching Thursday. I don't know what type I have but here it is. I don't nessarly stop breathing but I take very shallow breaths causing my o2 stats to drop to 86%. My question is after getting on the c-pap what types of changes did you see and how did you feel? Thanks.
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That is what the technician told me after coming in in the morning. I guess that also means not normal so I need to wait until I meet with the Dr. I hope that I am far enough on the scale to get the mask because being awake sounds wonderful to me. Are there any treatments for people with the milder conditions? I understand the machine is expensive as well, but maybe insurance will cover it.
ive been with my sleep apean and its been hard on my at work being tired all the time if possible u comtact my about your ma*****e and the shipping thank u it will save my marriage my name is kelvin lavizzo i can also be reached at [email protected] have a great week and week end
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