about a pissed off Chick...
she was happy as a clam,...
until she done took sick...
Then the doctor took a look... and said, "You have OBS! Your going to need to sleep from now on on this..."
CPAP Supplies...
Greedy Bastards...
After your $$...
And Yes... this is a
But seriously, I feel it pertinent to explain another life struggle to the masses, that ever as they often do, go unnoticed....
So, the tale is true. I was diagnosed with OBS (Obstructive Sleep Apnea). A common condition in which the airway gets blocked during sleep. Resulting in periodic interruptions of the breathing during sleep. Also resulting in frequent loud snoring, among other things....
So the sleep doctor I was seeing, prescribed me to be put on a CPAP machine. (CPAP = Continuous Persistent Air Pressure therapy) In order to regulate my breathing during sleep as is customary to ensure a complete and restful night's sleep. Since severe OBS can result in things like heart disease, incontinence, and other weird side effects apparently... over extended periods of time.
Now into the touchy, uncomfortable part of this tale: Finances!
How much does a CPAP machine cost you?
apparently around $1330.00. Not including the regular supplies you need to change out on a regular basis. Such as: Tubing (for the air), mask, filter, ect.
How much did it cost me?
Well,... I wouldn't have been able to afford this, obviously with my own meager income $600.00... Unless of course I made a deal with the devil. Sometimes I think,... insurance companies are pretty much the same thing. But I digress.
So my insurance was willing to pay for this machine for me. Under a contract with Rotech to 'RENT' said utility from them. They agreed to pay the health supply the regular monthly payments in order for me to use the machine, under the condition that I use it regularly.
However, I was not aware at the time, that they would be regularly checking the machine to see that you were using it all the time. Apparently there is a certain amount of time you are supposed to use the damn thing each night...
Hmmm... wouldn't you know it. I don't always happen to sleep through the night.
So as expected I did have a lapse in use. Which I kind of figured would be forgiven, given the circumstances that I did not know about this before.
Anyhow, due to this, they decided not to send the replacement supplies, until they had proof that I was using the machine regularly.
During this time, the current supplies began to degrade (if you will) over time. After a time, you can only clean them with soap and water so long, before they become too dirty to get clean. And you can't use alcohol, due to the sensitive nature of the nasal cavity etc. If you don't use clean supplies, you can get sick from this.
So, basically, they gave me two choices:
1. Purchase the supplies myself. In order to continue to use the machine, so that I could get a decent reading from it, enough to get more supplies...
[-OR-]
2. Use the supplies I had, which by now were filthy! And would surely make anyone sick, to use!So I chose not use them. Obviously. I'd rather not use the machine at all, than end up sick again, like the last time I had that throat abscess. Which for all I know may have been caused by it!! >_<
And today I get this letter in the mail:
Requesting that I return the machine within the next 15 days... or my already poor arse credit, will be made even worse!!!
So now I have to drive... all the way into freaking FORT WORTH, using up the last of the gas in my car!! Just to take the damn thing back to these people!
I tell you,... I have the right mind to take it back to them alright...
I ought to drive up to their mother freiken office... and chuck the damn thing straight through their window!!
You can have your useless piece of good for nothing crap machine!! (>_<)
Healthcare... hmph... more like health rail road robbery!
~CLynn👿
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