Posted by Chris M. on 4/8/2008, 9:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Oxygen and comment by driver"
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Are there two of you on this one concentrator, Connie?
I considered asking for the Homefill system a few years ago, but the bottles for Homefill are self contained in that each bottle has an adapter for the refill, and I couldn't picture how they would keep me refilling 10-20 bottles a month. (They,Apria, the O2 company, only pop in now, each 30 days)If they believe that I can survive with 2 homefill bottles, they overestimate my health, and willingness, a lot.
My Pulmo is 105 miles away, and we use a combo E tank and C tank setup for long trips like that.
I understood that Homefill systems use M6 or so size tanks which might help a light user of O2, but not folks like you or I.
I would consider it IF they also leave at least 20 C tanks, and 6 E tanks in reserve, in case of forest fire,power losses,monsoon season, illness, (needing to see the Doc more often or staying with my hubby in a distant hospital)
This suggestion that they only need to be called, belies the fact that they cannot predict what time they will come on delivery day, even with only one day a month now.
With all this, I wonder if our representative for Medicare for our area is aware of what they are trying to pull. The more folks they can get off regular delivery is less gasoline and fewer stops and or drivers...It says nothing about tubing, water bottles, cannulas, etc. I'd bet dollars they would still bill for portable system. I guess they are not as flush as they were before this new ruling has come down.
For what it's worth, at least keep some E tanks for emergency use. At least you can sleep at night, if all else fails.
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