I was referred here by my doctor. Their hours are inconvenient, requiring me to leave early from work, or I'll be billed a late fee to pick up the equipment necessary for a sleep study. Also, the equipment had to be dropped off by such and such a time, or I'd be billed for a late fee. On top of this, we had lost our 32 year old son two weeks prior (October 10, 2024.) I felt "pushed" to hurry up with the sleep study and subsequent pick up of my CPap and supplies. No one followed up to see how I was doing, or if I had any questions/concerns. On two occasions I contacted my RT, and it took two to four days to get a response.
Fast forward to February 25, 2025. I end up hospitalized for two days with Acute Respiratory Failure with Hypoxia. On February 27, the doctor released me around 10:00 AM. I spent the rest of the day waiting for someone from Total Respiratory to come to the hospital with my oxygen machines and supplies for home. During this time, I received two calls from their office (hours apart) asking if I was waiting for them in order to go home. The Respiratory care team at Methodist gave me information and instructions on oxygen use and cleaning and care of tubing, nasal cannulas,etc. I had very brief instructions from the lady from Total Respiratory about the portable oxygen unit. My husband got the instructions for the home oxygen concentrator. In the meantime, I've been sent and billed for the initial and replacement CPap supplies. Yet, not one single person, including my RT at Total Respiratory, has reached out to see how I'm doing, if I need assistance, or if I have any questions, about the CPap, or my latest fashion accessory, home and portable oxygen. But they are damn quick with the texts and emails requesting payment in full. Needless to say, I'm not a fan. I will definitely be researching other options. I guess it just left a bitter taste in my mouth that the day after our son passed away, April, from Total Respiratory called and started rattling off her schpiel about the sleep study, yada, yada, yada, until I said, "Wait! Hold the phone! Our son just passed away yesterday. I can't process this right now.". They gave me about two weeks before I had another phone call. I still wasn't ready to deal with it all, but I thought, "WTF, get it over with.". Oh. I had to be there before 5:00 PM to get my CPap machine and supplies, or, you guessed it. Late fees. But I had to wait to be seen until 5:30. Yeah. Total Respiratory, that's zero stars and two thumbs down. It's all about the money with them. read more