Sleep Apnea?
A female friend of mine has Sleep Apnea, about two years now. Shes short, 5′ 2" and is 35 lbs overweight. She lost her health insurance due to a work related accident and can no longer work. Right now she has no income. She did the sleep study test when she had insurance and now has the breathing machine, but the mask has been broken for about 16 months and cannot afford a new one. 0. People die from this right? She’s preparing for the worse. She’s only 56.
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Yes you can die from sleep apnea depending on how severe the case is. However, lots of patients get frustrated with their mask not fitting properly or the machine all together and discontinue treatment against medical advice.
What I would offer your friend is to call around to the local medical supply stores or even the place that provided the CPAP machine and ask them if they have some sort of donation or recycle program for patients with no insurance. Again many patients can’t stand the machines and it goes unused … the medical supply store may know of a place she could pick up a new mask for a reasonable price.
people can dies from sleep apnea…read this for some facts
http://www.sleepapnea.org/info/index.html
loosing weight will help….
my dad also has this and what i would do is go to the hospital or a place with stuff like that and ask for a new one.
yes they do…
go to craiglist.org
they have a lot of stuff..sometimes medical equipment for free