Snails - Response on Threads Part 3
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by the time I get home and get stuff done and get caught up...everyone is always gone
I remember a similar time not too long ago...now I only really log on in to say g'morning.
Grrr.
I can NOT believe I have to wait until 01apr14 to get into the sleep center to get a REPLACEMENT CPAP unit. I just called to voice my incredulousness to the policy. I just want to EXCHANGE what I have for a new one. BUT NO... one MUST have a consultation with a doctor BEFORE they can do it. I am not having "sleep problems", except that the unit is making a LOT OF NOISE. OK, then... how about giving me a new one NOW and I'll COME BACK for the doc later??? Nope. So I asked, "What if somebody's unit just STOPS working altogether?... do they have to go TWO MONTHS with NOTHING?" Yes. Policy. What the
, really (quote).
We are talking SLEEP... not some exotic disease where a specialist has to be flown in from Zambia.
So, I asked to be put on the cancellation list. She said I may end up seeing a different doctor. I said that's fine UNLESS it's thebwitch from Russia... (dealt with her in 2007... and WALKED OUT of the room demanding to see a different doctor RIGHT THEN).
I know what this is all about. The doc will want to schedule me for a full-blown overnight sleep study (read that as $$$ for THEM) where you get all wired for sound... when that IS NOT THE PROBLEM. Plus, they do not have to do it THERE... they can send you home with a unit that records its performance... you take it back... they get a new machine out of their stockroom, make the setting and send you on your way. No wonder insurance rates are so high. Overnight my ... with electrodes gelled all over my body (with a "tumescence band" of all things!!!... how UNDIGNIFIED can you GET?!?!?)
Grrr, again.
I can NOT believe I have to wait until 01apr14 to get into the sleep center to get a REPLACEMENT CPAP unit. I just called to voice my incredulousness to the policy. I just want to EXCHANGE what I have for a new one. BUT NO... one MUST have a consultation with a doctor BEFORE they can do it. I am not having "sleep problems", except that the unit is making a LOT OF NOISE. OK, then... how about giving me a new one NOW and I'll COME BACK for the doc later??? Nope. So I asked, "What if somebody's unit just STOPS working altogether?... do they have to go TWO MONTHS with NOTHING?" Yes. Policy. What the
, really (quote).We are talking SLEEP... not some exotic disease where a specialist has to be flown in from Zambia.
So, I asked to be put on the cancellation list. She said I may end up seeing a different doctor. I said that's fine UNLESS it's the
I know what this is all about. The doc will want to schedule me for a full-blown overnight sleep study (read that as $$$ for THEM) where you get all wired for sound... when that IS NOT THE PROBLEM. Plus, they do not have to do it THERE... they can send you home with a unit that records its performance... you take it back... they get a new machine out of their stockroom, make the setting and send you on your way. No wonder insurance rates are so high. Overnight my ... with electrodes gelled all over my body (with a "tumescence band" of all things!!!... how UNDIGNIFIED can you GET?!?!?)
Grrr, again.
When I tell them I'm being "kept up at night", that is not the "UP" I'm referring to!!!
Grrr.
I can NOT believe I have to wait until 01apr14 to get into the sleep center to get a REPLACEMENT CPAP unit. I just called to voice my incredulousness to the policy. I just want to EXCHANGE what I have for a new one. BUT NO... one MUST have a consultation with a doctor BEFORE they can do it. I am not having "sleep problems", except that the unit is making a LOT OF NOISE. OK, then... how about giving me a new one NOW and I'll COME BACK for the doc later??? Nope. So I asked, "What if somebody's unit just STOPS working altogether?... do they have to go TWO MONTHS with NOTHING?" Yes. Policy. What the
We are talking SLEEP... not some exotic disease where a specialist has to be flown in from Zambia.
So, I asked to be put on the cancellation list. She said I may end up seeing a different doctor. I said that's fine UNLESS it's thebwitch from Russia... (dealt with her in 2007... and WALKED OUT of the room demanding to see a different doctor RIGHT THEN).
I know what this is all about. The doc will want to schedule me for a full-blown overnight sleep study (read that as $$$ for THEM) where you get all wired for sound... when that IS NOT THE PROBLEM. Plus, they do not have to do it THERE... they can send you home with a unit that records its performance... you take it back... they get a new machine out of their stockroom, make the setting and send you on your way. No wonder insurance rates are so high. Overnight my ... with electrodes gelled all over my body (with a "tumescence band" of all things!!!... how UNDIGNIFIED can you GET?!?!?)
Grrr, again.
Gotta love it...that's a fine example of Concrete Operational Thinking, right there. Sorry you had to endure that, bear.
If only the person you spoke to had enough of a brain to understand your question.
Gotta love it...that's a fine example of Concrete Operational Thinking, right there. Sorry you had to endure that, bear.
If only the person you spoke to had enough of a brain to understand your question.
Well, it's more of what I will NEED to endure for almost another 2 months (appointment originally made 2 weeks ago).
I tried wrapping the whole thing in a thick blanket but the sound still comes through loud and clear (thinking it's actually coming through the tube at that point).
Yeah... receptionists... gotta love 'em.
This is what I envision:
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Good afternoon Snails It's pretty gross outside (the real world outside ) Almost all of the sewer grates are blocked, which makes walking around the big city an interesting obstacle course 
Sorry to read about your CPAP difficulties Bear...I hope you can get it all straightened out soon
It's pretty gross outside (the real world outside ) Almost all of the sewer grates are blocked, which makes walking around the big city an interesting obstacle course I've never been so tempted to write a review for a book I've never read
Sorry to read about your CPAP difficulties Bear...I hope you can get it all straightened out soon
Just warming up from doing about 75% of the driveway... by shovel. The two (2) snowthrowers are feeling sad and neglected. As I have said before, I like shoveling for the exercise value. As long as I'm not huffing and puffing and feeling any back or chest pains, it's all good.
We have about 8 as well... and a lull in the snowfall for now.
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