8. I am #grateful for modern #medicine & the things I need like meds to deal with my chonic #health problems. #Vaccines, good medical care specialists, my wise PCP who listens to me and cares; #ObamaCare; my meds that keep my #QOL up and complications illnesses limited; my #cpap machine.
Plugged myself back into my charger 🔌 #CPAP #FreakOnALeash #Torchmantis"
@whack Given the prices you are siting I am assuming you are in the #USA. When I bought my #CPAP I did not have DME coverage. The price was much cheaper if I just bought the thing. So might be worth it to ask the cash price. Also, with CPAP you can get a used unit. Is this an option with insulin pumps?

Why are #ResMed #CPAP humidifier tanks so damn terrible?

Because their only competition is Philips.

Abrechnung von Beatmungsstunden 2026: Fokus auf DKR 1001 und intensivmedizinische Versorgung
Wie KAP Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft berichtet, stellt die Kodierung der maschinellen Beatmung im Jahr 2026 hohe Anforderungen an die Dokumentationsqualität und das Verständnis der aktuellen Richtlinien.
#Beatmung #Beatmungsstunden #CPAP #DKR #Kodierung

https://www.medconweb.de/blog/finanzierung/drg/kodierung/abrechnung-von-beatmungsstunden-2026-fokus-auf-dkr-1001-und-intensivmedizinische-versorgung/

Abrechnung von Beatmungsstunden 2026: Fokus auf DKR 1001 und intensivmedizinische Versorgung

Über die Beatmungskodierung 2026. Erfahren Sie alles zu DKR 1001, 8-Stunden-Regel und Voraussetzungen für die Abrechnung im Krankenhaus.

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Time to try out my brand new #cpap machine. Really hoping this puts a dent in my fatigue. Between this, better blood sugar control, and iron supplements, I'll be running out of options if I still find myself needing 12+ hours of sleep to feel rested.
Subject: Medical. Bonus: Everett-Wheeler multiverse.

Well, today was interesting. See the attached chart. Guess where I am on the chart. Hint: The answer and the story suggest that Everett-Wheeler worlds might be real.

I spent Tuesday afternoon, March 31, 2026, traveling to get the results from a recent overnight sleep test. There was one surprise.

I have sleep apnea. A lot of people do. Perhaps you or a family member are one of them.

The condition ranges from minor to fatal. This is what Princess Leia died of, though it's not as direct as that. The condition places stress on the cardiovascular system. That can be enough to finish you by itself. Or other conditions can step in. If that happens, that's all she wrote.

I have an "interruptions per hour" number that is classified as "severe". This means that I'll need to get a #CPAP machine again. The number isn't a surprise. I've had a sleep study and a CPAP before [in the 2010s].

But my night-time oxygen saturation level is so low that I've probably already died. Here's the thing: I've most likely been at the level discussed further down for 5 years. I'm not sure that that is possible.

So, I might be living in an Everett branch. People who have read about the Copenhagen Interpretation, Schrödinger's Cat, and Everett-Wheeler are familiar with the concept.

My number "indicates severe hypoxemia". This leads to "rapid and catastrophic declines in tissue oxygenation. One result is organ damage. The heart tries to compensate for hypoxemia by increasing cardiac output, leading to tachycardia, arrhythmias, and, in chronic cases, pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure."

My case is chronic. This suggests that I'm already pushing up daisies. So, that's great.

I'm supposed to get oxygen "immediately". It's classified as an emergency. But I don't think that I'm supposed to go to the E.R. This leaves the question of where I should go to get the oxygen. I see that Walmart sells portable oxygen concentrators, but I'm not sure that that's the same thing.

My specialist's office said that they didn't "vend" and that they didn't know where to go to get the oxygen.

Note: To be clear, the key people at the office were patient and as helpful as possible. I have no complaint about that.

My #HMO, presently one of the Blue Shield plans, should know. But I've been trying to reach my "clinical care coordinator" at the HMO for a full month as of this week.

Note: The care coordinator is the person that you're supposed to speak with for issues that will require more than one phone call.

I know that my care coordinator, Edgar, is receiving my voicemails. However, he's only tried to call me back once.

A few hours ago, I spoke with a nice HMO Member Services person, Claudia. She said that she'd try to get a "care navigator", the level below care coordinator, to phone me tomorrow [April 01, 2026].

The care navigator might try to help. It'll be April Fools Day. I'm not sure if that's a positive sign or not.

After the HMO call, I fell asleep for two hours. Two-hour naps are common for me. Now, here I am, ready to fedi. I'll fedi on my dedi until sleep again is ready.

I have a few people in IRC tonight as well as the fedi dedi. A jug of water. Hydration is good. There's an apple a few yards away. I'm set for a couple of hours. I appreciate the basics these days.

#aging #apnea #medical #quantum
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Just ordered a new #CPAP mask.

Hell yeah, almost 40.

Sometimes now I dream of being out somewhere busy--such as a shopping mall, church, or other large gathering--yet somehow I have forgotten my respirator and don't even have a disposable one for backup. 😳

As the dream goes on, I change from making hopeful excuses to myself such as "I won't be here long, exposure is probably minimal" to being more and more worried that with being on sustained #oral #chemotherapy, the risks are just getting higher and far too unsafe. 😱

At that point, some sort of panic-type threshhold is met, and I awaken.

This dream seems a perfectly reasonable update to the whole 'arriving without pants for a high school exam' trope … but the REALLY weird bit, IMO, is that IRL, I am wearing a #CPAP mask throughout the night.

Every night.

There is no part of my 24 hours where at least eight of them include wearing a well-sealed, pressurised mask.

And, IRL, I never mix in public or uncertain spaces without my #ElastomericRespirator due to chemo, etc.

Utterly wild experience. 😂😂😂