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lovely_lady123 · May 4, 2012, 06:21 PM

I was in the hospital about every 1 week because I had heart problems. Every time I was in the hospital they put me on medical ventilator, so it would help me breath and whenever I was on it I just felt so good! When I told the doctors, they asked me and my husband if we wanted a portable one! I told them yes, it cost us 20,000 dollars! So when I was pergnant I used that machine all the time! I still do now (mostly when I can not breath or when I am sleeping)!

lovely_lady123 · May 4, 2012, 06:23 PM

I mean "purging" by stopping or slowing down then starting or speeding up.

J_9 · May 4, 2012, 06:26 PM

Medical ventilator?

JudyKayTee · May 5, 2012, 04:15 AM

Originally Posted by J_9

Medical ventilator?

- as opposed to... what? You beat me to it.

J_9 · May 5, 2012, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by JudyKayTee

- as opposed to ... what? You beat me to it.

I'm wondering if she means a nebulizer, you know the device that is used at home for breathing treatments of people with asthma, copd, etc.

lovely_lady123 · May 5, 2012, 05:31 PM

My doctors told me it was called a medical ventilator... Hmmm??

FirstChair · May 6, 2012, 12:56 AM

You mean the ventilators we see in ICU (Intentive Care Unit) it breaths for the patient or client.

FirstChair · May 6, 2012, 01:09 AM

Sounds like you need to be reducing your stress level by seeing if you qualify for a type of in home supportive services, if your insurance does not provide.

Also, has a doctor ever suggested a catheter ablation procedure to regulate your heart?

lovely_lady123 · May 8, 2012, 04:50 PM

Yes, I do mean a ventilator that we see in ICU! No a doctor has never suggested a Catheter Ablation Procedure what is that?

FirstChair · May 9, 2012, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by lovely_lady123

Yes, I do mean a ventilator that we see in ICU! No a doctor has never suggested a Catheter Ablation Procedure what is that?

Catheter ablation is an invasive procedure used to remove a faulty electrical pathway from the hearts of those who are prone to developing cardiac arrhythmias...

I don't know if this would be for you. It only helps certain types of arrhythmias. I know people with atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) and they've had it done and doing fine, with great improvement healthwise. It is surgical procedure with a catheter to map and correct passage ways of the heart. I think your problem is in the ventricular part of your heart. This procedure is NOT open heart surgery. See link below>>>

Treating Heart Arrhythmias with Ablation

J_9 · May 9, 2012, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by lovely_lady123

Yes, I do mean a ventilator that we see in ICU!

That is when a tube is placed down your throat and a machine breathes for you. Is that still the same thing?

lovely_lady123 · May 18, 2012, 04:27 PM

Yes, I think so!

DoulaLC · May 18, 2012, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by lovely_lady123

Yes, I think so!

You think that is what you have? Which ventilator did you purchase?

J_9 · May 18, 2012, 04:51 PM

I think you mean a nebulzier. The kind you use when you have an asthma attack to help you breathe better.

Correct?

DoulaLC · May 18, 2012, 04:55 PM

J... that would make sense, but she mentioned that she had paid 20,000 for a portable one.

"Everytime I was in the hospital they put me on medical ventilator, so it would help me breath and whenever I was on it I just felt so good! When I told the doctors, they asked me and my husband if we wanted a portable one! I told them yes, it cost us 20,000 dollars!"

Hmmmm... the plot thickens...

J_9 · May 18, 2012, 04:58 PM

Yes, but she couldn't be put on a ventilator at home. It takes a doctor or an anesthesiologist to do the intubating necessary to ventilate a patient. And then the setting PIP and PEEP have to be monitored very closely. This is why it is done ONLY in an ICU or long term care facility setting.

DoulaLC · May 18, 2012, 05:06 PM

Exactly... :) At the very least it would require home health care to monitor and that is for someone who uses it chronically. She wouldn't be off and on it routinely... hence the question of why she would have a 20,000 dollar "nebulizer".

J_9 · May 18, 2012, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by DoulaLC

why she would have a 20,000 dollar "nebulizer".

I don't know of a nebulizer that costs that much OR of a ventilator that is that cheap.

DoulaLC · May 18, 2012, 05:20 PM

Once again, it is only a matter of time...

lovely_lady123 · May 21, 2012, 07:23 PM

Okay, hold on... When did I say that my medical ventilator or nebulizer costs 20,000 dollars!? We bought ours for 200 dollars! No way would we purchase a medical ventilator or nebulizer for 20,000 dollars! Now that we got that all straight forward, I have been going online to check out the diffrences between medical ventilators and nebulizers and they don't look alike. I think we own a nebulizer not a ventilator! We have bought two more nebulizers, a wheelchair and a watch that is constantly taking my pulse to help manage all my medical problems... one of the nebulizers is going in my minivan and the other is going out in the backyard! My new watch beeps if my pulse is too high or too low! Yes it has been an interesting couple of weeks!