Re: cpap machine _ Help, please!

[Guest guest]

Maggie,

Hi...I got a cpap machine back in March thru Kaiser. They use Apria Healthcare. I contacted the DME thru Kaiser and they told me how much my co-pay for the machine was. Luckily I didn't have to pay anything for it.....my husband has a good plan. After I got my machine, I didn't like the mask I got so I contacted the DME and they had me call my PCP to write out an order and then Apria sent it to me right away.

PattyMaggie wrote:

Hi all,It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine adjusted...I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.Thanks,Maggie__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Maggie,

Hi...I got a cpap machine back in March thru Kaiser. They use Apria Healthcare. I contacted the DME thru Kaiser and they told me how much my co-pay for the machine was. Luckily I didn't have to pay anything for it.....my husband has a good plan. After I got my machine, I didn't like the mask I got so I contacted the DME and they had me call my PCP to write out an order and then Apria sent it to me right away.

PattyMaggie wrote:

Hi all,It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine adjusted...I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.Thanks,Maggie__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Maggie,

Hi...I got a cpap machine back in March thru Kaiser. They use Apria Healthcare. I contacted the DME thru Kaiser and they told me how much my co-pay for the machine was. Luckily I didn't have to pay anything for it.....my husband has a good plan. After I got my machine, I didn't like the mask I got so I contacted the DME and they had me call my PCP to write out an order and then Apria sent it to me right away.

PattyMaggie wrote:

Hi all,It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine adjusted...I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.Thanks,Maggie__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Maggie wrote:

> It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine adjusted...

> I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

> Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also

> need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.

You probably need to talk to your PCP first about getting plugged in

with Apria, who provides CPAPs (and breast pumps for nursing mothers) at

least in the Bay Area. You can try calling Apria direct at 408/383-4400

or 510/795-5555, but if you aren't in their system, they won't really be

willing to do anything for you, since they won't have any records of

what your settings should be. Hope that helps!

--

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current ~150 Goal until plastics?

Goal 140-150?

[Guest guest]

Maggie wrote:

> It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine adjusted...

> I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

> Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also

> need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.

You probably need to talk to your PCP first about getting plugged in

with Apria, who provides CPAPs (and breast pumps for nursing mothers) at

least in the Bay Area. You can try calling Apria direct at 408/383-4400

or 510/795-5555, but if you aren't in their system, they won't really be

willing to do anything for you, since they won't have any records of

what your settings should be. Hope that helps!

--

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current ~150 Goal until plastics?

Goal 140-150?

[Guest guest]

I have had mine adjusted and it was a breeze. Just take it into

Apria (call first to make sure someone is there that can do the

adjustment). You will be there for less than 5 minutes.

>

> > It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine

adjusted...

> > I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

> > Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in

Kaiser...I also

> > need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.

>

> You probably need to talk to your PCP first about getting plugged

in

> with Apria, who provides CPAPs (and breast pumps for nursing

mothers) at

> least in the Bay Area. You can try calling Apria direct at 408/383-

4400

> or 510/795-5555, but if you aren't in their system, they won't

really be

> willing to do anything for you, since they won't have any records

of

> what your settings should be. Hope that helps!

>

> --

> Eleanor Oster

> eleanor@s... (personal address)

> www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

> San , CA

> Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

> P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

> ~5'9 " tall

> 05/09/2003 319 Orientation

> 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

> Current ~150 Goal until plastics?

> Goal 140-150?

[Guest guest]

I have had mine adjusted and it was a breeze. Just take it into

Apria (call first to make sure someone is there that can do the

adjustment). You will be there for less than 5 minutes.

>

> > It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine

adjusted...

> > I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

> > Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in

Kaiser...I also

> > need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.

>

> You probably need to talk to your PCP first about getting plugged

in

> with Apria, who provides CPAPs (and breast pumps for nursing

mothers) at

> least in the Bay Area. You can try calling Apria direct at 408/383-

4400

> or 510/795-5555, but if you aren't in their system, they won't

really be

> willing to do anything for you, since they won't have any records

of

> what your settings should be. Hope that helps!

>

> --

> Eleanor Oster

> eleanor@s... (personal address)

> www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

> San , CA

> Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

> P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

> ~5'9 " tall

> 05/09/2003 319 Orientation

> 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

> Current ~150 Goal until plastics?

> Goal 140-150?

[Guest guest]

I have had mine adjusted and it was a breeze. Just take it into

Apria (call first to make sure someone is there that can do the

adjustment). You will be there for less than 5 minutes.

>

> > It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine

adjusted...

> > I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

> > Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in

Kaiser...I also

> > need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.

>

> You probably need to talk to your PCP first about getting plugged

in

> with Apria, who provides CPAPs (and breast pumps for nursing

mothers) at

> least in the Bay Area. You can try calling Apria direct at 408/383-

4400

> or 510/795-5555, but if you aren't in their system, they won't

really be

> willing to do anything for you, since they won't have any records

of

> what your settings should be. Hope that helps!

>

> --

> Eleanor Oster

> eleanor@s... (personal address)

> www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

> San , CA

> Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

> P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

> ~5'9 " tall

> 05/09/2003 319 Orientation

> 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

> Current ~150 Goal until plastics?

> Goal 140-150?

[Guest guest]

Call your PCP and request a new sleep study. They're done through the

pulmonery therapy dept at Kaiser. They give you a take-home gismo

that you strap on and plug into a hand-held computer. The next

morning, you turn it in, they download the data, and they can tell

what pressure your CPAP (or BPAP) should be set at. My last sleep

study showed apnia only when I slept on my back, and the pressure was

taken down to " 5. " The next step will be getting rid of it all

together!

UNcle Timmy -236

> Hi all,

> It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine adjusted...

> I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

Cross/Blue

> Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also need a

new

> mask, and I think someone posted a link.

> Thanks,

> Maggie

[Guest guest]

--Hi Patty,

What is the DME ?

Thanks,

Maggie

- In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients , Patty

wrote:

> Maggie,

>

> Hi...I got a cpap machine back in March thru Kaiser. They use

Apria Healthcare. I contacted the DME thru Kaiser and they told me

how much my co-pay for the machine was. Luckily I didn't have to pay

anything for it.....my husband has a good plan. After I got my

machine, I didn't like the mask I got so I contacted the DME and they

had me call my PCP to write out an order and then Apria sent it to me

right away.

>

> Patty

>

> Maggie wrote:

> Hi all,

> It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine adjusted...

> I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

Cross/Blue

> Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also need a

new

> mask, and I think someone posted a link.

> Thanks,

> Maggie

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

--Hi Patty,

What is the DME ?

Thanks,

Maggie

- In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients , Patty

wrote:

> Maggie,

>

> Hi...I got a cpap machine back in March thru Kaiser. They use

Apria Healthcare. I contacted the DME thru Kaiser and they told me

how much my co-pay for the machine was. Luckily I didn't have to pay

anything for it.....my husband has a good plan. After I got my

machine, I didn't like the mask I got so I contacted the DME and they

had me call my PCP to write out an order and then Apria sent it to me

right away.

>

> Patty

>

> Maggie wrote:

> Hi all,

> It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine adjusted...

> I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

Cross/Blue

> Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also need a

new

> mask, and I think someone posted a link.

> Thanks,

> Maggie

>

>

>

>

> ---------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Eleanor---

This is going to be complicated... the doctor that prescribed the

cpap isn't in Kaiser and my machine came from Advanced Respiratory.

Maybe I should just call them.......

I may call Apria for the mask, maybe that 's all I need.

Thanks,

Maggie

In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients , Eleanor

Oster wrote:

> Maggie wrote:

>

> > It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine

adjusted...

> > I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

> > Cross/Blue Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I

also

> > need a new mask, and I think someone posted a link.

>

> You probably need to talk to your PCP first about getting plugged

in

> with Apria, who provides CPAPs (and breast pumps for nursing

mothers) at

> least in the Bay Area. You can try calling Apria direct at 408/383-

4400

> or 510/795-5555, but if you aren't in their system, they won't

really be

> willing to do anything for you, since they won't have any records

of

> what your settings should be. Hope that helps!

>

> --

> Eleanor Oster

> eleanor@s... (personal address)

> www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

> San , CA

> Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

> P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

> ~5'9 " tall

> 05/09/2003 319 Orientation

> 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

> Current ~150 Goal until plastics?

> Goal 140-150?

[Guest guest]

---

Thanks Timmy, sounds like good advice but I think I should wait for

the new sleep study after my surgery....3 weeks from today.

Maggie

In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients , " Uncle

Timmy " wrote:

> Call your PCP and request a new sleep study. They're done through

the

> pulmonery therapy dept at Kaiser. They give you a take-home gismo

> that you strap on and plug into a hand-held computer. The next

> morning, you turn it in, they download the data, and they can tell

> what pressure your CPAP (or BPAP) should be set at. My last sleep

> study showed apnia only when I slept on my back, and the pressure

was

> taken down to " 5. " The next step will be getting rid of it all

> together!

>

> UNcle Timmy -236

>

>

> > Hi all,

> > It seems I read about someone getting their cpap machine

adjusted...

> > I think mine needs one. I got it while I was covered by Blue

> Cross/Blue

> > Shield so I have no idea who to contact in Kaiser...I also need a

> new

> > mask, and I think someone posted a link.

> > Thanks,

> > Maggie