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I have come across the same issues in the past. I am not sure what country you are in, Here in the US I keep on calling and climbing the latter going from one level a=of management to the next until I find someone who understands that money is money and it does not matter who is paying as long as they are getting paid for the services they are trying to provide. I also pay out of pocket and it is actually cheaper for me. I pay a monthly fee for the home delivery service and I pay that regardless if I get oxygen. That covers 4 M60 tanks. I can order more and pay a different rate depending on the size tank I order above the 4 M60's. Smaller Mom and Pop type shops I find get the same tanks from the larger distributers and usually only get one order a week so they don't like Clusterheads cleaning them out every week so go direct to the larger supply house and deal with them direct. Be extra nice to the delivery person bringing the tanks and you will be able to get extra tanks from them on occasion if they have them on the truck. Stock up on as many extra tanks as you can store for when something goes sideways. Don't accept the "we don't serve cluster headache people" What do they care what it is used for, they are selling it and we are paying for it. The Market down the street does not care how much milk you buy why would the oxygen people care how much O2 your getting as long as you pay the price they are asking. This makes me nuts how they think they can just say no because we use more oxygen at times than others. Your other option would be to get welding oxygen and use that, but do not tell that supplier you will be breathing it. We can help you get set up with that equipment if you do decide to give it a try.

https://clusterbusters.org/study/ut-houston-batchs-vitamin-d-regimen/?fbclid=IwAR26zK4jCbwyL2LIkcnVOkkj7__c_raUHVbrq08POiltlRiz148Kfsve5wU

I am one of the people who highly believe the vitamin D theory actually holds more water than any other theory, so I will get in touch and see if they can take me on. The only problem is that my Cluster headaches are so wild and they last 4 months in a 2 year period. Am currently in the cycle but will be done with it hopefully and face it again in 2025. I get them every winter of an odd year. I was so curious to know why I got the 2-year remission, and so far, only the vitamin D theory has provided me with a plausible explanation. Vitamin D3 and Calcium are involved in bone remodeling and it's regulation under the guidance of the PTH. With deficiencies, its very very possible for the side effects to be felt in 2 to 3 year intervals while the body restores the balance. The cluster headache may be the body's way of short-circuiting us into giving it more vitamin D3 and, therefore, calcium for maintaining our bones. In a similar fashion, Verapamil, on top of its effects on the blood vessels, may work by stopping muscular tissue from using up all the calcium in the body and availing it for our skeletal tissue maintenance (Bone remodeling). And that's the only way I can explain the remissions. I think if we all did blood work constantly, we would address a lot of curiosity in this part. Currently, I have an uncle in remission for 15 years. He tells me even if someone offered him a million dollars, he would never want to go through his 20s and 30s again because of cluster headaches. Interestingly, the processes that use up a lot of calcium reduce with age, so maybe he hit the acceptable range of Vitamin D3 and Calcium, and his circuit breakers need not bother him again. So I really hope this study helps. Also, what is our common denominator? There must be some thing about us clusterheads that is common and unless we partake in researches, we won't find out. When the body causes us unexplained pain, the likes of which we get during these episodes, it is trying to communicate something..it is telling us something, and unfortunately, it speaks so many languages that we have failed to understand what it wants.