Intemperance III, Chapter 6 is now available. Enjoy. A little longer of chapter this time. Please let me know how I'm doing.
Added 2019-04-23 22:49:14 +0000 UTCComments
I'm not doubting that CPAP existed then, just pointing out that it was far less common. I was in thousands of people's homes over the course of my paramedic career and I don't remember seeing CPAPs regularly until the late 90s. Remember, your statement was that Ted not having CPAP in 1991 was unrealistic. I think that if he had had it that would have been unrealistic, given his character, the year, the relative lack of seriousness with which sleep apnea was taken back then, and the health insurance coverage someone like Ted would have had.
Al Steiner
2019-05-04 20:05:52 +0000 UTCI bow to your expertise, especially as to your character development. My post was based on my own experience. Maybe my doc (not a specialist as I recall) was an early adapter. I did, however, find this with an internet search. From the National Sleep Foundation web site: "The commercial availability of a suitable system from Respironics in the United States was in 1985. This allowed many groups to begin using nasal CPAP and undoubtedly had a major impact in the development of sleep clinics and laboratories. A second key advance was the invention of the self-sealing mask (the “bubble mask”) in 1990 that greatly enhances a patient’s comfort and use. "
Joy Bee
2019-05-04 15:59:29 +0000 UTCI bow to your expertise, especially as to your character development. My post was based on my own experience. Maybe my doc (not a specialist as I recall) was an early adapter. I did, however, find this with an internet search. From the National Sleep Foundation web site: "The commercial availability of a suitable system from Respironics in the United States was in 1985. This allowed many groups to begin using nasal CPAP and undoubtedly had a major impact in the development of sleep clinics and laboratories. A second key advance was the invention of the self-sealing mask (the “bubble mask”) in 1990 that greatly enhances a patient’s comfort and use. "
Joy Bee
2019-05-04 15:58:34 +0000 UTCI'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree with you there. I have spent thirty years as both a paramedic and an RN and I am here to tell you that reasonable people disregard health problems all the time, it is what keeps me employed. Even in this day and age, when CPAP for home use is common (which it most certainly was NOT in 1991), the vast majority of people with sleep apnea still do not get help for it. Furthermore, my portrayal of Ted is not of someone who is afraid of doctors, but thinks he knows better than they do, which was and is a very common trait of experienced paramedics. I stand by my portrayal as accurate then and now.
Al Steiner
2019-05-04 14:15:23 +0000 UTCBy 1991, I'd had a CPAP machine for a number of years. I can see Coop headed as Ted's replacement, but...Ted knowing of his apnea and not getting the CPAP is unrealistic, even if one hates doctors...
Joy Bee
2019-05-04 09:11:27 +0000 UTC
