Re: Sleep Apnea
From a personal experience...
My husband was diagnosed with sleep apnea 30 years ago and has used a C-Pap ever since. Last Christmas, while in TV, his mask broke. We called around and found one available but it could only be purchased if a prescription was written by his doctor. This seemed ludicrous because he wasn't looking for a new machine....just a simple mask.
The problem we encountered was that his doctor required another sleep study before he would write a prescription. Luckily, my hubs was able to rig the mask so he could use it.
When we returned home, instead of going through another sleep study for just a new mask, he found one on the Internet.
FYI..he buys new C-Pap machines on the Internet, too, There's a local company who will calibrate it for him without a prescription. After 30 years experience, he knows what his settings need to be and he likes to have more than one machine at his disposal (in case one dies in the middle of the night).
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