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7-25-10

*BEWARE OXYGEN SUPPLIER ALERT*

We at GoSouthernMD.com try very hard to give you the facts of medical supplies and healthcare products. Sometimes we have to tell you what you DO NOT want to hear but it is why we are in this business. As your professional advisor in this industry, you will always get the facts from us.

In the past 5 years we have been On-Line and serving over 30,000 plus customers it has become even more of an increasing threat that where their is the unfortunate and their is lots of money comes the people and companies that thrive off of this. Please beware of the companies and people that tell you what you want to hear. This is very important since peoples lives are at stake.

THIS IS A FACT PEOPLE: There is NOT ONE PORTABLE OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR that will give out more then 3 Liters per minute of oxygen. PERIOD!

There is people and companies that use the gimmick of the supplier marketing up to 6 settings. This is very confusing. Sure the setting is 6 but it is .5 liters per minute of over 90%+ oxygen NOT 6L of Oxygen per minute. Please report these companies that are lying to the consumers. This could result in serious illness and possible death. People and companies that give out this information to make a $ should be shut down immediately.

Please contact Robert Remitz to get the facts of Oxygen so that way you can make the right decision.

GoSouthernMD.com

6-1-10

This is a great testimonial on the Matristem and how it does grow tissue and fix scars, etc. This is one of our customers who tried out this new product and has placed his third order.

Just thought I would let you know that things are going well with my finger and thanks so much for your assistance. I'm constantly utilizing your site for orders and info. As a matter of fact I just submitted another order that I'm really hoping will arrive Friday. I've given your site info to many interested friends already and will continue to do so. No need to respond I just wanted to say thanks and I won't forget it.

Sincerely,

Tom in Seattle  

5-22-10

We at GoSouthernMD.com are very proud to announce the new addition to our family on May 21st, 2010.  Our controller and accountant, Crystal Towne, had one Aiden Jeffrey Towne born in the morning at 6 lbs. 7 ozs.  Congratulations to the Towne family and we ALL at GoSouthernMD.com including our customers helped in bringing this little one home.  Crystal had to be on 24/7 bed rest for over 2 months and we were handicapped with out her but we did our best to make sure that our service, AR and AP still remained intact.  She still worked part-time to make sure that everything was STILL taken care of.  Thanks again for the help and we hope that Crystal will be back to work soon and continuing to provide excellent service to our customers and suppliers even while she is on bed rest.

WE LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND!

GoSouthernMD

5-19-10

TALK ABOUT SOME PRESSURE:

Thank you so much for helping out the IRS in Dallas. We will be doing lots of rentals with GoSouthernMD.com because of the success of our recent government order. Thanks for your help and I do not know what we would have done with out you. This was a new experience for the IRS and I appreciate all the efforts GoSouthernMD.com put forth to help rent a scooter for one of our employees. You are the best and please tell your accounting person, Crystal, that she went out of her way for us and we thank you so much.  It is the great customer service that we will not forget. 

5-16-10

We are not sure how our competitors are getting away with this but we want to reiterate again here.  If there is a company and this list is very long, that sells Medical devices and products and bills for insurance they CANNOT go below the allowable when they sell retail.  This is called "double dipping" and is illegal. 

Medicare, SADMERC and other Federal Agencies set the allowable per a code for each product that is billable.  The amount is set and this company cannot go below that amount if they bill for this item via insurance.  These companies spend millions on lobbyists and other ways to make sure that Medicare does not cut the costs and these companies use several methods explaining why the "pay-out" needs to be at that price.  These same companies are also selling on the internet and are dropping the retail price to match me.  This is so illegal in everyway and they are all getting away with it.  I do not take insurance because we are legally doing it right.  There will be a time when we will figure out a way to shut these companies down. 

Either you take insurance and you sell retail at the allowable or you do not take insurance and compete against me the legal way.  Our fight is that if you take insurance and you want to sell against me on the internet then these companies are proving that the allowable should be the amount that you wish to sell at the retail price.  This is the legal way to do it.  The companies that are doing this by the way are anyone that you see On-Line that does both insurance and have prices close to mine.  These companies are breaking the law and should be ashamed at themselves.  They are also starting another company with a different name too which should be banned too.  We will not stop to save tax payers money and make sure that everyone is competing legally and until that happens, we will continue to make sure that our government knows about these companies.

4-25-10

Please will someone from Medicare and other National Medical Services help stop our elderly falling and breaking hips and other injuries.  We take numerous calls a week about this growing concern and something needs to happen.  We need to take care of our own and something must be done.  There is so many ways to fix this problem but we hear about all the horror stories associated with trying to cut costs.  These are very small amounts to fix versus the alternative.  

4-10-10

New York has banned ways healthcare facilities clean and sanitize their facility. Hence the hospital smell. Everyone should follow suit. We are now "going green". This will be the wave of the future and no more hospital smell. We are proud to be a part of this change. Just click on the new category titled Environmental Services / Go Green to see more information.

2-23-10

THIS IS WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.  WE ARE SO HAPPY TO PROVIDE SERVICES WHEN OTHERS CAN NOT.  THANKS FOR THE GREAT COMPLIMENT.

There might be some light at the end of the tunnel now...
Continental had in writing from the manufacturer that I have a sticker stating the suciton machine is FAA approved. It took them over 48 hours for their "safety engineers" to tell me a verbal ok for flying now. They still will not put it in writing, but I don't see how else they can refuse me now that I have the sticker on it saying FAA approved.

So we should be able to fly with them after all....but oh wait they don't want my pulse oximeter either even though they told me on the phone it was ok. So I have to get a finger one that I explained runs off of a AA or AAA or watch battery - but is not something that ever plugs in or recharges. So nothing to worry about right? Wrong, they wanted the make, model and battery info on it. So their are two possible ones I could get. One runs on 2 AAA batteries, one runs off of a 3.6V lithum watch battery. They don't want me to use the one with the watch battery. I asked "Does this mean you don't allow anyone on board to have a watch on?" Seriously! If Dillon can't have a medically necessary piece of equipment just because it runs off a watch battery than I sure hope they wouldn't allow anyone else to have for non-medical reasons. But you and I both know they don't stop you from wearing your watch on board - they just make life as difficult as possible for a disabled person. So GoSouthernMD.com - read more about them below - is making sure they get me the one with the AAA batteries.

So I still need 15 batteries for the oxygen concentrator to be able to fly with Continental since they informed they don't do on board oxygen. I had one man who promised me he would get me all the batteries so I wasn't worried about it. I called him back yesterday and he said oops I can only get you two. TWO? I need 15! So I started making calls - begging companies to let me rent just the batteries so I could rent from several places and get all that I need. Most wouldn't even let me do this. Well I called GoSouthernMD.com and they promised me they would get them for me. They are emailing everyone they can asking them for help to make this possible for Dillon. You see, every other company all but laughed at me when I told them I needed 15. They cost about 350 each and they don't last very long until they won't recharge anymore so most companies only have a few. GoSouthernMD.com is the only one who said they would make this happen for me. I can't express I gratitude to them enough. It is going to be a lot of work for them to get them for me, but they said they will. I did not plan to have to rent 15 batteries so I am not sure how much it will come to, but some how God will provide! Please pray these kind people will be able to get all the batteries we need in time for our flight in 10 days.

The ONE positive thing with Continental is this... She told me that the flight from IAD to EWR is with a different carrier. I didn't know this because I don't fly much and didn't see it on my tickets. Janyce said if they don't allow my equipment they would have me fly out of a different Washington DC airport with one of their flights. I explained how EWR is closer to my home and that we were only going to DC and having the lay over becuase it was cheaper. I asked if we could just board in EWR so it will be MUCH easier on me and on their ground crew. She told me it is a "pretty for sure thing" that they will let us board in EWR which means we would have a direct flight to Beijing. It would only be a little over 13 hours, and no lay over to drag 75 pounds of batteries around an airport. So I am praying they will come through with this and let us board in EWR.

There is light at the end of the tunnel. I don't have in writing from them yet that they will allow me to fly with my FAA approved machines, but I am planning that they will. I am not sure why God allowed all this. I am not sure why things worked out so we need the 15 batteries - but I am thankful for the wonderful people at GoSouthernMD.com for helping! If they didn't help I would have to book different tickets - even after all we have done to get to this point with Continental. I am not sure what God's plans are, but He is still working, He is still providing. And while I still don't have anything in writing - I am trusting God that it will all come together just in the nick of time. 

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