Good news and bad news
Feb. 25th, 2013 11:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydyGood news: I had a great pool party (despite never getting to play Zar). Felicia gave me a stuffed tiger that _purrs_. So great. Matt (Dean) did point out the purring was inaccurate. Tigers (and lions) can only purr on the exhale, whereas domestic cats and cougars can purr on the inhale and the exhale, so the little stuffed tiger was purring like a domestic cat. Evidently, there's some sort of thing associated with roaring. You can either roar, or purr on the inhale, but not both. Don't ask me, I didn't do it. Any gate, inaccurate or not, it purrs! I love it love it love it.
Bad news: I just called my insurance company to find out about getting sleep study. I know I have sleep apnea, I had it years ago, and I've put back all the weight I lost, and I can feel myself obstructing as I start to fall asleep, so yeah, I need a new machine and mask and all that jazz. So, my insurance, which is the insurance provided to me By My Company, covers sleep studies as part of major hospitalization, which is to say, I have a $3500 deductible. Sleep studies run in the general range of $2000, a CPAP machine runs in the neighborhood of $800, and mask, tubing, etc. another $200 or so. So basically, it'd be out of pocket. I am...breathless. And annoyed.
Bad news: I just called my insurance company to find out about getting sleep study. I know I have sleep apnea, I had it years ago, and I've put back all the weight I lost, and I can feel myself obstructing as I start to fall asleep, so yeah, I need a new machine and mask and all that jazz. So, my insurance, which is the insurance provided to me By My Company, covers sleep studies as part of major hospitalization, which is to say, I have a $3500 deductible. Sleep studies run in the general range of $2000, a CPAP machine runs in the neighborhood of $800, and mask, tubing, etc. another $200 or so. So basically, it'd be out of pocket. I am...breathless. And annoyed.
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Date: 2013-02-26 07:30 am (UTC)My fairly old APAP did give me data on apneas & hypopneas and would calculate AHI for me. When using it as an APAP would tell me what pressures it used, etc. Or I'd do a report on my sleep when using it at a specific pressure. I'm a bit curious about how accurate it really is, though. At my sleep study I was titrated at 13, but after a couple of months of looking at data and adjusting my pressure and so on, I wound up thinking a pressure of 9 actually worked better for me. But did it really? Dun dun DUN! No idea. (I forget what pressure I'm using these days, I should probably actually look at the machine once in a while. But I know that if I sleep without it, I'm miserable. And Kevin says he's not observed me snoring or having any difficulties so signs show that the CPAP and my very old mask is still helping. Probably not as well as a new mask would and I may not be at my ideal pressure, but still better than going without. )