The Old Man is Snoring

I know some of you got the mouth guard for those who snore due to sleep apnea. You all said it was working well.  Well, my husband bought one online and it bothered him after a while. It hurt. it moved his teeth.  

Then I saw an advert on Instagram or Facebook that changed our lives. 

I mentioned to my husband that there was a form where you can see if medicare will pay for a dental appliance that fits you completely, unlike the one from the drugstore or online.  He said, "oh it will never pay for it, I'll just use this.  When are you going to learn Margaret? Those are scams."

He just poo-pooed me. Ooh, I do not like being poo-pooed!

So I filled it out as my husband. But instead of using his phone number, I put mine in its place. When the nice woman called I told her I had to do this for my husband. I did not tell her why that was all I said. 

She laughed and said I wish I got paid by how often I hear that statement. 

We both laughed and we went to work. 

I gave her all of the info regarding Rick. His medicare, his medical info, his sleep apnea record. I sent the email with all the documentation. All I needed was his permission to move forward. I went out into the shop and told him what I did and told him they want to be sure you agree before we move forward and I handed him my phone. He gets on the phone with them. He agrees. 

The nice woman says, let me submit this. It can take a while for approval or no approval or you can wait on the phone. I said let's try waiting on the phone and if it's too long you can call me back. Will that work for you?

By the time I was done answering her, she got the answer.

It is covered 100% by medicare.

He was mailed the things needed to take an impression of his teeth, both upper and lower. Before he was to do this he was to have a zoom call with the dentist. An appointment was made because these impressions had to be perfect. He did have this call at the ungodly time of 8:00 AM. For those of us who retired 8:00a is a bit early to be presentable but thankfully only from the waist up.

After his call with the dentist, he made his impressions and sent them back in the paid envelope. And he waited. It took about 4 days more than Rick thought so again Mr. Cranky Pants was saying things like, "I told you too good to be true, this was a scam." 

I said, 'did you give them any money? did you give them a credit card?  did you give them any information other than your name address and phone number? NO, what are they scamming you for? Do they want your dental impressions? Going to be a Dateline Mystery?"

 I was laughing at him. He was being so ridiculous.

His new sleep apnea appliance arrived in the mail. 

nah nah, I said to him shaking the box in his face.  

He said, "Okay so far so good" 

He has a tool to tighten or loosen if necessary. He also got some instructions but they don't want him to touch or put this in just yet.

They advise once again to not do anything until you have your meeting with the dentist which is scheduled for 8:00AM again. 

Rick had his meeting and he asked questions and got it all worked out. 

No money passed hands. Just the dentist teaching him how this works. 

When he was done he put it in his mouth and said, "oh yeah this fills tight. This is gonna work."  

I told him I'd be the judge of that since he snores like crazy without it.

It works like a charm!!. He is more comfortable. (and I can sleep.)

We paid nothing. One thing you have to have is a sleep apnea test to show you need this medically. Thankfully Rick had just had one which is what started this whole thing. 

He knew he would never wear that machine on his face. 

Medicare also did not pay for it.

I knew I couldn't sleep with that noise. (I never told him that but I think he knew) 

So you see this had to work was my thoughts. And thankfully it did. 

Like a charm. 

If they had asked for money then I wouldn't have moved forward, it would have made me very skeptical.  But they never did. 

It was advertised as medicare pays for most of it or all of it. I had to try because the over-the-counter one he would take out in the middle of the night because it became too uncomfortable. Then the snoring began. 

The house moves I swear!

I suppose you can say we got lucky. 

But sometimes you have to just go for it.