Cost of medical treatment

[episodic]

I've recently been alerted to the fact that I have severe sleep apnea. I finally set up a friends camcorder and taped myself and I actually stop breathing followed by very loud snoring. It happens many times an hour. I get no quality sleep and I am constantly exhausted.

After a doc viewed my tape, they want to do this and do that and see this specialist, etc- I have no insurance. I was like can you just prescribe me one of those breathing machines (i've already researched it) and let me get one of those - they seem to work most of the time. . .

Still they want me to go through all these tests. . .

Cliffs notes:

I'm sure I have sleep apnea
I know I need a machine for it (a cpap - continuous positive air pressure machine).
You need a scrip for it.
Doc wants all these expensive things done I can't pay for.

Is this typical?

 

[FoBoT]

maybe you can make your bedroom a giant cpap

seal up all the doors and windows and cracks and hook a big blower to the ventilation and raise the pressure in the whole room a few pounds

 

[jagec]

Tell 'em you don't have insurance, and I'm sure they'll drop a lot of the padding.

 

[aplefka]

Yes, my friend has the machine.

 

[Glitchny]

could be they are just taking u through the proper steps to see if u dont need the machine at all. there might be another way for you to sleep without the machine and maybe thats what the doc is thinking

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: episodic
I've recently been alerted to the fact that I have severe sleep apnea. I finally set up a friends camcorder and taped myself and I actually stop breathing followed by very loud snoring. It happens many times an hour. I get no quality sleep and I am constantly exhausted.

After a doc viewed my tape, they want to do this and do that and see this specialist, etc- I have no insurance. I was like can you just prescribe me one of those breathing machines (i've already researched it) and let me get one of those - they seem to work most of the time. . .

Still they want me to go through all these tests. . .

Cliffs notes:

I'm sure I have sleep apnea
I know I need a machine for it (a cpap - continuous positive air pressure machine).
You need a scrip for it.
Doc wants all these expensive things done I can't pay for.

Is this typical?

How do you know you just need a CPAP machine? You might need a BPAP machine, or you could make do with an oral appliance. He's just taking taking steps to be certain, and in medicine it's nice to do that.