Post by RisingPhoenix on Jul 2, 2012 19:35:33 GMT -5
Has my voice been muted? Cause I swear y'all don't hear me! That was my Facebook status today. It seems that no one is really listening to me lately and I feel like maybe I'm in a bad episode of the Twilight Zone. Like may be I am not a live but I am stuck in between worlds where I can see everyone but they can't see me. If someone walks up to me now and says "I see dead people" I'm going to come right out and ask them if I am one. It doesn't matter what its about either. It could be for someones own good and they will not listen.
Don't touch that fire!
Aww I'm just going to touch it a little bit. A little bit won't hurt!
I went to a sleep study the other day and before I even went I told the PCP, the sleep center, and my insurance company that I just had one last year in the previous state I resided in and all I need is pulmonary doctor so I can get a mask. All I needed was a mask! They would not listen.
Sleep Center Lady: Well we can't use that it may be old.
Me: I said LAST year.
Sleep Center Lady: Well we will just set you up for the study anyway and see how it goes.
Me: Ummm okkkkk.
I get there and it's just ONE person there. ONE tech at that. Where is the doctor or the specialist or any other staff member for that matter? No real complaints except for the fact that the tech was totally hot and I looked like a fuddy duddy. Then on top of that he had to wire me up so then I looked like a robotic fuddy duddy. Annnnndddd on top of that! He was ten years younger than I! Oh can it get any worse? YES, it gets much, much worse. I am very soft spoken upon meeting just like the chick from Police Academy and then upon reaching my limit I blow up. I do make a ticking sound but you have to know me to really hear it. He didn't know me. I bet he really he wish he hadn't but wait we'll get there. Now he tried and succeeded to gain my trust. But I forewarned him and he did not take this into consideration. I told him that I already had a C pap and I do not usually sleep with out one so I will probably end up on one before the night is over. I in fact had 3 previous sleep studies over the years and I have been told I had the worst case this doctor ever seen! So he prepared the C pap just in case all the while ensuring me that because of my insurance I get special treatment and that I would only need 2 document hours of sleep with incidents. So I took my meds and feeling quite assured I went to sleep. As soon as I fell asleep I remember sitting up gasping for air. I could not catch it right away and I thought I was going to die. He never came in. Now I forgot to mention this gentleman was yawning and had red eyes like may be he was a student and had two other jobs or something. I asked him was he going to be alright and he ASSURED me that he would not fall asleep. At any rate I went back to sleep telling myself I was determined to give him the two hours of sleep needed for the test. I tossed and turned losing my breath several times. Waking myself up with the sound of my own snores. Then I became angry EXTREMELY ANGRY! I decided to look at my cell phone to see the time. I went to sleep at 11:00pm and it was 2:13am. He had not come in to wake me. I sat up furious. I sat there too angry to speak. If anyone has ever had a sleep study you either have to wave your hand or speak out and they would come into your room. I was too angry to do either. I trusted him...with my life! My kids don't even let me fall asleep with out my C pap! He walks in an asks if I have to go to the bathroom and I nodded.
Sleep Tech Matt: Um your insurance will not pay for the study unless you have 6-7 documented hours of sleep.
Me: They can bleep bleep bleep. I'm not going back to sleep in here like this. Y'all aren't going to kill me this day. That's not what you told me when I went to bed.
Sleep Tech Matt (with nervous giggle):Well let me call some people that usually are up right now and see what they say.
Me: And you can tell them I said they can bleep bleep bleep. Because this is bleep bleep.
So basically I exploded into a rage and he began to get very uncomfortable and started cracking his knuckles and I told him that his company was really shady from the jump and I hope that since he said he was a contractor that he didn't work directly for THEM because I was reporting them. He explained to me that their protocol was 40 incidents per hour. My previous test showed I had 33 DANGEROUS incidents per hour. I'm seriously irritated because this guy looked like he was still wet behind the ears. I didn't see his credentials. If I had stopped breathing all together could he have brought me back. Did he know CPR? Did he have a defibrillator tucked under the bed or anything? I explained to him that I felt he betrayed my trust and that is another reason why I was angry. I would have rather him came in there and woke me up and told me that he did not know at the initial start that I needed the whole night and apologize to me than to have me lay there and believe all was well. I told him I understand he had to do his job to support his family but I have a family that needs me too and I didn't want to die tonight. I explained to him that when I lose power during storms I do not go back to sleep and have been known to rent a room at a hotel if I felt that I was extremely sleepy. So I ended the study and they said I may be liable for it and I wrote something really nasty in brackets beside my signature stating that I was not going to pay for it. I told him they had better find away to work with what they got because I do not have the money to pay for it and that they would be waiting in line behind everyone else I owed. So if they know like I know they had better work it out. There are other instances that have taken place that have led me to believe my voice is on mute. Too much to get into right now. Everything from my son constantly not doing the dishes before bed to the guy I keep telling "I do not love you" and he keeps thinking that his love for me is enough. Ahhhh I got to shake my head and get it together. Maybe one of those international coffee will help? Hey, hey can you hear me? Do you hear the words that are coming out of my mouth?
Don't touch that fire!
Aww I'm just going to touch it a little bit. A little bit won't hurt!
I went to a sleep study the other day and before I even went I told the PCP, the sleep center, and my insurance company that I just had one last year in the previous state I resided in and all I need is pulmonary doctor so I can get a mask. All I needed was a mask! They would not listen.
Sleep Center Lady: Well we can't use that it may be old.
Me: I said LAST year.
Sleep Center Lady: Well we will just set you up for the study anyway and see how it goes.
Me: Ummm okkkkk.
I get there and it's just ONE person there. ONE tech at that. Where is the doctor or the specialist or any other staff member for that matter? No real complaints except for the fact that the tech was totally hot and I looked like a fuddy duddy. Then on top of that he had to wire me up so then I looked like a robotic fuddy duddy. Annnnndddd on top of that! He was ten years younger than I! Oh can it get any worse? YES, it gets much, much worse. I am very soft spoken upon meeting just like the chick from Police Academy and then upon reaching my limit I blow up. I do make a ticking sound but you have to know me to really hear it. He didn't know me. I bet he really he wish he hadn't but wait we'll get there. Now he tried and succeeded to gain my trust. But I forewarned him and he did not take this into consideration. I told him that I already had a C pap and I do not usually sleep with out one so I will probably end up on one before the night is over. I in fact had 3 previous sleep studies over the years and I have been told I had the worst case this doctor ever seen! So he prepared the C pap just in case all the while ensuring me that because of my insurance I get special treatment and that I would only need 2 document hours of sleep with incidents. So I took my meds and feeling quite assured I went to sleep. As soon as I fell asleep I remember sitting up gasping for air. I could not catch it right away and I thought I was going to die. He never came in. Now I forgot to mention this gentleman was yawning and had red eyes like may be he was a student and had two other jobs or something. I asked him was he going to be alright and he ASSURED me that he would not fall asleep. At any rate I went back to sleep telling myself I was determined to give him the two hours of sleep needed for the test. I tossed and turned losing my breath several times. Waking myself up with the sound of my own snores. Then I became angry EXTREMELY ANGRY! I decided to look at my cell phone to see the time. I went to sleep at 11:00pm and it was 2:13am. He had not come in to wake me. I sat up furious. I sat there too angry to speak. If anyone has ever had a sleep study you either have to wave your hand or speak out and they would come into your room. I was too angry to do either. I trusted him...with my life! My kids don't even let me fall asleep with out my C pap! He walks in an asks if I have to go to the bathroom and I nodded.
Sleep Tech Matt: Um your insurance will not pay for the study unless you have 6-7 documented hours of sleep.
Me: They can bleep bleep bleep. I'm not going back to sleep in here like this. Y'all aren't going to kill me this day. That's not what you told me when I went to bed.
Sleep Tech Matt (with nervous giggle):Well let me call some people that usually are up right now and see what they say.
Me: And you can tell them I said they can bleep bleep bleep. Because this is bleep bleep.
So basically I exploded into a rage and he began to get very uncomfortable and started cracking his knuckles and I told him that his company was really shady from the jump and I hope that since he said he was a contractor that he didn't work directly for THEM because I was reporting them. He explained to me that their protocol was 40 incidents per hour. My previous test showed I had 33 DANGEROUS incidents per hour. I'm seriously irritated because this guy looked like he was still wet behind the ears. I didn't see his credentials. If I had stopped breathing all together could he have brought me back. Did he know CPR? Did he have a defibrillator tucked under the bed or anything? I explained to him that I felt he betrayed my trust and that is another reason why I was angry. I would have rather him came in there and woke me up and told me that he did not know at the initial start that I needed the whole night and apologize to me than to have me lay there and believe all was well. I told him I understand he had to do his job to support his family but I have a family that needs me too and I didn't want to die tonight. I explained to him that when I lose power during storms I do not go back to sleep and have been known to rent a room at a hotel if I felt that I was extremely sleepy. So I ended the study and they said I may be liable for it and I wrote something really nasty in brackets beside my signature stating that I was not going to pay for it. I told him they had better find away to work with what they got because I do not have the money to pay for it and that they would be waiting in line behind everyone else I owed. So if they know like I know they had better work it out. There are other instances that have taken place that have led me to believe my voice is on mute. Too much to get into right now. Everything from my son constantly not doing the dishes before bed to the guy I keep telling "I do not love you" and he keeps thinking that his love for me is enough. Ahhhh I got to shake my head and get it together. Maybe one of those international coffee will help? Hey, hey can you hear me? Do you hear the words that are coming out of my mouth?
