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I used to be outdoors constantly, working on my hobby farm, repairing
my antique tractor and riding snowmobiles, sailing, and riding my
motorcycles. I've always had sleep issues and had fought against an
irregular sleep pattern which eventually became too much and my sleep
pattern started to free-run on a 26 hour circadian rhythm. The
hypernychthemeral disorder was in addition to a long history of light
sensitivity and I had struggled with both from puberty on.
This winter I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and two
months ago, I was given a CPAP machine to help me keep breathing
during sleep. Recently, we lost our insurance which means that I will
be losing my CPAP machine that was thirty days from being paid for by
insurance and my risks of both heart attack and stroke will
essentially triple.
I hate asking for help but have no other option as we cannot
afford health insurance that will cover the CPAP and still allow us
luxuries like food and heat, let alone internet access.
I was forced to return the machine on Tuesday the 18th but I had
already planned ahead for that. The goal is the same, to replace the
CPAP I no longer have with one of two choices, they are equivalent
machines and provide exactly the same support I need and that my
prescription calls for (these are prescribed devices, I should not be
able to buy one at Amazon or Ebay at all by law). I will be posting
links to the two options below. My preference is actually for the
lower priced one but I had based this campaign on the other one since
that's specifically what was ordered on my prescription that also
states that substitutions are allowed.
I would appreciate any help at all, my wife, son, and I are
doing all we can but that doesn't make it feasible, or even possible
at this point without additional help.
Preferred due to other user's referrals
https://helpmedicalsupplies.com/products/dreamclean-500-dreamstation-complete-autopap-kit-w-soclean-2?variant=9978908246131
I only have two months of personal experience with this machine
but it worked great for me
https://helpmedicalsupplies.com/collections/cpap-bundles/products/airpack-auto-airsense-10-autoset-bundle-package-w-soclean-2
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