"the National Health System have yet to even send me a letter"
That's the crucial point here. Health care failed him, but luckily he was rich enough to privately purchase multiple medical devices just to try it they might help.
That's the crucial point here. Health care failed him, but luckily he was rich enough to privately purchase multiple medical devices just to try it they might help.
One crab has managed to climb out of the bucket. The rest of us should celebrate for a minute and then redouble our efforts to get everyone to the same place, leveraging the lessons he’s passed on. Upwards!
And in addition to that, it would be great if we could improve access for people who are less fortunate.
I happened to help another crab and I think it may be the single best thing I’ve ever done.
My wife’s family was constantly making fun of my father-in-law for falling asleep during the day, falling out of chairs etc. One day I noticed he was fluttering in and out of sleep while driving me so I asked him if he wanted to try my travel CPAP that night - I have very mild apnea and can get by without it.
He tried it and after the first night he was a completely different person, it was almost like someone drugged him up with PEDs. The home remodelers that were working there were jokingly peeved because he started helping them and they said he was going to put them out of work.
Just transformative, I feel so good about it.
I'd say the quality of care I got was... shit. A very bored and uncaring nurse gave me some brief instructions, and got almost angry with me when my mask didn't fit and air hissed out the sides.
I figured it out myself, and had zero follow ups for the 2 years I used the machine. They even made it difficult to give the machine back!
My father has sleep apnea, he is overweight, a heavy smoker and I reckon his daily intake of coffee could kill a small rodent. We are Spanish and public healthcare has blessed us with a CPAP machine...
That he just won't use. He refuses to, complains that he feels too uncomfortable with it. I can't recall the last time he slept 8 hours in one go.
And I wonder how common that is. The machine is noisy, does look like pulled out of a teenage horror movie and takes accustoming to. There is heavy friction for its use and that might be a serious problem to consider.