Noisey vent: LP-10

James Lubin (jlubin(AT)eskimo.com)
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 16:13:41 -0800

I have 2 PLV-100 vents that my insurance purchased 8 years ago when I first
came home from rehab. I no longer have insurance, just medicare/medicaid.
Since my vents are old and medicare will not pay for the maintanance, they
have been paying for the rental of another PLV-100.

This week was time for the PM for the rental, but my supply company only
had an LP-10 in stock as a replacement. I decided to just use my other
PLV-100 instead. It was working fine, then suddenly started pressuring
before giving a full breathe. Ended up having to use the LP-10 on my
wheelchair (still using my PLV-100 bedside).

The LP-10 is sure noisey! There is a contstant low pitch humming and such a
mechanical sound with every breath. Hope I get the other PLV-100 back soon.

Now I don't know what to do with my other PLV-100. We can't aford to get it
fixed.

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Jim Lubin jlubin(AT)eskimo.com
Bothell, WA, USA <http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin>
disAbility Resources: <http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled>