SyncOrSwym
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- Joined
- Oct 7, 2016
- Messages
- 32
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 09/2016
- Country
- US
- State
- WA
- City
- Shelton
Color me confused.:?: I finally got together with the VA last week for a whirlwind of meetings. One result was to be scheduled next week for a breathing test in Seattle. A second result was a phone message from someone at VA for me to come in for a fitting for CPAP(?). A third result was another call from someone else at VA to talk over the implications of Hospice care which was apparently suggested by the doctor. And one of the things the caller mentioned was (I think) the fact that Hospice considered NIV as life-extending and therefore incompatible with their palliative-only directives.
So, aside from the first two results seeming to compete with each other, they both seemed to compete with #3.
Could someone help the newbie (me) out here, at least on this last point? Does going on Hospice care mean giving up Bi-PAP (or whatever) if it was ever started?
Thanks,
Ed
So, aside from the first two results seeming to compete with each other, they both seemed to compete with #3.
Could someone help the newbie (me) out here, at least on this last point? Does going on Hospice care mean giving up Bi-PAP (or whatever) if it was ever started?
Thanks,
Ed