Is your new ventilator a smaller unit than the PLV-100? I am interested in
traveling and the PLV-100 is quite large and heavy to take along.
Thanks.
Marilyn
At 11:15 PM 2/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>At 02:11 PM 2/10/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>At 12:03 PM 2/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Thankfully, I have avoided a treach even though suggested by some docs.
>>>When mentioned I say let's drop that subject unless matter of life or death.
>>
>>What's the big deal with a trach?
>>Jim Lubin
>>http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin
>>------------------------------
>>Vent Users' Support Page is located at:
>>http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/vent
>
>
>I kind of agree with Jim...I know that the methods of mechanical ventilation
>are personal choices we all make, but there really isn't a day that I
>regret having the trach. I mean that in the sense that when I was
>hospitalized I tried several methods for assistive breathing...C-PAP,
>Bi-Pap, and it just didn't work. To confining and no mobility for what I
>wanted to do. I felt smothered by the mask.
>
>It was my personal choice, not my doector, family of friends, to get the
>permanent tracheostomy. I had had a temporary trach at other points of my
>life and I knew the sensations, problems, and advantages to a trach.
>
>I know others who have opted for other methods of ventilation due to
>infection, etc. I have been lucky in the fact that I have had no infections
>or pain with the trach. As time goes by for some...and the prospect of a
>trach is mentioned don't look at it as a death sentence. It can be a life
>saver for some.
>
>I now use the Puritan-Bennett Companiion 2800 ventilator. Until last fall I
>used the Life Care PLV-100. I prefer the PB 2800....because the alarm is
>not so sensitive which makes it easier to sleep through the night.
>
>
>Always...
>Annette Hanna
>nete1(AT)midwest.net
>
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