Comments on: What’s The Cost Of Living Have to Do With Sleep Apnea? http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:04:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sean http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Sean Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:55:10 +0000 http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/#comment-578 Hi John, I agree with your emphasis on the tongue and that's exactly why the Anti Snore Shirt works so well. I tried wearing an oral retainer but found to completely cure my apnea and snoring I had to advance my lower jaw to far forward for comfort. I've had excellent success treating my snoring and apnea my combining both treatments. I now only sleep on my side and wear the oral retainer. Sleeping on my side allows (in my case) for only a minor jaw advancement making it much more comfortable and effective. I agree that you're patients and viewers should visit you or their local sleep specialist and get a consultation for an accurate diagnosis. During the consultation I'd encourage your patients to ask if sleeping on their sides would help make their problem easier to cure. Thank you, Sean www.antisnoreshirt.com Hi John, I agree with your emphasis on the tongue and that’s exactly why the Anti Snore Shirt works so well.

I tried wearing an oral retainer but found to completely cure my apnea and snoring I had to advance my lower jaw to far forward for comfort.

I’ve had excellent success treating my snoring and apnea my combining both treatments. I now only sleep on my side and wear the oral retainer. Sleeping on my side allows (in my case) for only a minor jaw advancement making it much more comfortable and effective.

I agree that you’re patients and viewers should visit you or their local sleep specialist and get a consultation for an accurate diagnosis. During the consultation I’d encourage your patients to ask if sleeping on their sides would help make their problem easier to cure.

Thank you,
Sean
http://www.antisnoreshirt.com

]]> By: DrGreenburg http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/comment-page-1/#comment-515 DrGreenburg Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:37:28 +0000 http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/#comment-515 John, I really appreciate your question and hope to shed some light on this for you. I wouldn't want you to not be able to feed your family in order to get treatment, I agree with you. On the other hand, I certainly would want you to be around long enough to enjoy your family! Practically speaking though, there is no way to give you a real number without a consultation. You wouldn't call up a dentist and say, how much to fix my teeth? The dentist would have to look in your mouth, take x-rays, see if you have cavities or need a root canal, then you get a real idea of what it's going to cost you. This is why we are offering a free consultation to get you in the door so we can take a look at what you need. We sit you down in a chair, and see if you have a obstructed airway with a special device that actually measures the airway with sonar. The first reading we get is just you breathing normally. Then we put in different pieces of spacing wax to move your jaw forward, then wax to simulate our oral appliance. We then go over the readings with you. The fact is that there are people who come in who don't need treatment. They just need some behavioral modification. Lose some weight and exercise. This advice is part of the free consultation. For those that need treatment. There are a variety of options. Some patients are covered by Medical. Others have insurance that covers a portion of the treatment. For others, who have no coverage, we have an interest free payment plan that can be as low as $49 per month. If you find that you have sleep apnea and you need treatment, I think that less than it would cost you for a Starbucks every day, you could reduce your risk of death and enjoy your family...well it's worth it, don't you think? Take care John, and if you are in the Los Angeles area, call me. Let's chat. I'd love to meet you. Dr. Greenburg DDS 888-31-SNORE John,

I really appreciate your question and hope to shed some light on this for you.

I wouldn’t want you to not be able to feed your family in order to get treatment, I agree with you. On the other hand, I certainly would want you to be around long enough to enjoy your family!

Practically speaking though, there is no way to give you a real number without a consultation. You wouldn’t call up a dentist and say, how much to fix my teeth? The dentist would have to look in your mouth, take x-rays, see if you have cavities or need a root canal, then you get a real idea of what it’s going to cost you.

This is why we are offering a free consultation to get you in the door so we can take a look at what you need.

We sit you down in a chair, and see if you have a obstructed airway with a special device that actually measures the airway with sonar.

The first reading we get is just you breathing normally. Then we put in different pieces of spacing wax to move your jaw forward, then wax to simulate our oral appliance.

We then go over the readings with you. The fact is that there are people who come in who don’t need treatment. They just need some behavioral modification. Lose some weight and exercise. This advice is part of the free consultation.

For those that need treatment. There are a variety of options. Some patients are covered by Medical. Others have insurance that covers a portion of the treatment.

For others, who have no coverage, we have an interest free payment plan that can be as low as $49 per month.

If you find that you have sleep apnea and you need treatment, I think that less than it would cost you for a Starbucks every day, you could reduce your risk of death and enjoy your family…well it’s worth it, don’t you think?

Take care John, and if you are in the Los Angeles area, call me. Let’s chat. I’d love to meet you.

Dr. Greenburg DDS
888-31-SNORE

]]> By: John http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/comment-page-1/#comment-513 John Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:06:15 +0000 http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/#comment-513 Dr. Greenburg, I appreciate your post, very informative but you still don't talk at all about the price of this "patented" oral appliance. Real people don't have money sometimes and put off treatment because of that. They have to put food on their tables too. Can you at least let me know what I am looking at as far as the price of this thing? Thanks, John Dr. Greenburg,

I appreciate your post, very informative but you still don’t talk at all about the price of this “patented” oral appliance. Real people don’t have money sometimes and put off treatment because of that. They have to put food on their tables too.

Can you at least let me know what I am looking at as far as the price of this thing?

Thanks,

John

]]> By: DrGreenburg http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/comment-page-1/#comment-512 DrGreenburg Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:59:51 +0000 http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/#comment-512 Hey Sean, I appreciate your post. It also looks like you have found some relief with a shirt that helps "reposition" you when you sleep. I guess you are selling them. You bring up a really great issue though. What causes sleep apnea, and what's an effective way to treat it, no matter what it costs. Sleep apnea and snoring, in a large percentage of the cases is caused by an obstruction. That is why they call it obstructive sleep apnea. If you don't address the obstruction, you don't really treat it. What is the obstruction? It's the tongue! Effective treatment of sleep apnea, has to address the tongue. This is why our patented oral appliance has an 85% success rate. The only other treatment that has a higher success rate is a CPAP machine. Big problem though... over 60% over people who are prescribed CPAP don't comply with treatment. It's cumbersome, ugly and they hate it! So... the point is, if your snore shirt addresses the tongue, then you have an effective treatment. If not it possibly might only be for the mildest of snoring cases and not the type of high risk apnea cases I am discussing in this post. Take care... and I wish you the best. Hey Sean,

I appreciate your post. It also looks like you have found some relief with a shirt that helps “reposition” you when you sleep. I guess you are selling them.

You bring up a really great issue though. What causes sleep apnea, and what’s an effective way to treat it, no matter what it costs.

Sleep apnea and snoring, in a large percentage of the cases is caused by an obstruction. That is why they call it obstructive sleep apnea.

If you don’t address the obstruction, you don’t really treat it.

What is the obstruction? It’s the tongue! Effective treatment of sleep apnea, has to address the tongue.

This is why our patented oral appliance has an 85% success rate. The only other treatment that has a higher success rate is a CPAP machine.

Big problem though… over 60% over people who are prescribed CPAP don’t comply with treatment. It’s cumbersome, ugly and they hate it!

So… the point is, if your snore shirt addresses the tongue, then you have an effective treatment. If not it possibly might only be for the mildest of snoring cases and not the type of high risk apnea cases I am discussing in this post.

Take care… and I wish you the best.

]]> By: Sean http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Sean Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:33:22 +0000 http://apnea-treatment.com/blog/whats-the-cost-of-living-have-to-do-with-sleep-apnea/#comment-510 Very good article and interesting facts about 88% of people being afraid of treatment costs. I too was afraid of the cost ago but I realized not treating my apnea and snoring was a horrible mistake. I'd recommend people research all aspects of apnea and question if "position" is a contributing factor. If so, perhaps you should try using a positional t-shirt. Sleeping on your back vs side can make your apnea much worse. If you decide to use CPAP or an oral retainer consider treating your position too, it could make a serious improvement. Visit www.antisnoreshirt.com to see what a positional t-shirt looks like. Very good article and interesting facts about 88% of people being afraid of treatment costs. I too was afraid of the cost ago but I realized not treating my apnea and snoring was a horrible mistake.
I’d recommend people research all aspects of apnea and question if “position” is a contributing factor. If so, perhaps you should try using a positional t-shirt. Sleeping on your back vs side can make your apnea much worse. If you decide to use CPAP or an oral retainer consider treating your position too, it could make a serious improvement.

Visit http://www.antisnoreshirt.com to see what a positional t-shirt looks like.

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