Howdy, I'm Mei. 39, FT accountant and mom of 2. Diagnosed: Mar 2017. AHI: 54.8
I actually work in the sleep industry (but not as a clinician of any type), so I was not at all surprised by my diagnosis, but was very surprised at how difficult it has been to get things moving on therapy. Round and round with Insurance not covering most of the diagnostics, then round and round again with them not covering therapy. So short-sighted of them! Guess they'd rather wait for me to develop heart disease, diabetes and brain dysfunction where I'll be a thousand times more miserable and cost them a thousand times more money to "treat" <grumble grumble>.
Anyway...After hearing that my AutoPAP "trial" was going to cost about $1000, I tracked down a gently used ResMed S9 AutoSet (with humidifier) with only 116 hours on it and purchased it along with a new hose, mask and air filters for $300. Last Wednesday was my first night and, BOY did it suck. I'm a mouth breather, so I have a full face mask. I kept feeling like I couldn't exhale and inhale properly and it was causing panic attacks. Tried a different mask starting on Saturday and things are a bit better, but still working out kinks.
Looking forward to continuing this journey with the support of this forum. :)
