i see you are in canada. Here in america apnea and sleep apnea are considered life threatening illnesses because people with it suddenly stop breathing.theres never a guarantee that their body will jump start their breathing again. one second they are carrying on with their life and the next they suddenly stop breathing and die. some people live their whole lives with their breathing stopping and their bodys startle reflex restarting their breathing other people live with it for a while and their body one day doesn't do their startle reflex to start their breathing again. they just stop breathing and die. here doctors think a lot of the babies, children, teens and adults that die of sudden death syndrome may have had undiagnosed untreated apnea. with sleep apnea a person goes to sleep and they stop breathing. sometimes their bodys startle reflex wakes them up to jump start the breathing again other times it doesn't. they just die in their sleep.

Life altert is for all kinds of things not just life threatening. senoirs and people over 50 are eligable because the elderly tend to fall a lot breaking their bones. the handicapped are eligable because they cant always get to a phone if they fall out of their wheelchairs or they have limited mobility they may end up laying on their floors with all kinds of problems for hours and days until someone comes to check on them. People with all kinds of health problems like heart problems respiratory problems, epilepsy, apnea, sleep apnea, polio, MS, CP, mental retardation, theres a lot of things that life alert is there for.

Life alert it like having 911 and also like having medic alert. you wear a necklace with a small button on it. if something happens you dont have to get to a phone and dial 911, you don't have to stay in pain waiting for a neighbor or friend or family member to come. you push the button and the ambulance, paramedics are dispatched right then and there to where ever you are. my mom has recently got one because she lives by herself. she was going out to check her mailbox, slipped, broke her hip. now if she has a fall all she has to do is push the button and within 3 minutes the paramedics are there. My coworker who has epilepsy wears one. it came in handy one day at work when she had a seizure on the job. we have a client who has a wheelchair. one day she was trying to get herself a glass of milk and fell out of her wheelchair. she didnt get hurt but living on her own she couldnt get herself off the floor. the paramedics were dispatched and they helped her back up into her chair. If she didnt have life alert she would have been laying on that floor for the whole weekend. Ive had life alert for quite a few years because I have DID. DID is not life threatening but it has gotten me into some pretty unsafe situations where I have had to call for help.

life alert is for a lot of different reasons. you having a diagnosis of epilepsy and apnea well qualifies you for it. I don't know if its in canada but you can call the toll free number to find out.

The number is 1-800-360-0329 and the website is http://lifealert.com/

I know Canada has a similar program like life alert its called lifeline.

the website is http://www.lifeline.ca/content/English and the phone number is 1-866-784-1992.

its also for people with all kinds of health problems and senors not necessarily for just life threatening things. but you having apnea and epilepsy you already qualify.

for both programs in some areas theres a one time instillation and monthly fees but all kinds of medical insurances cover it just like they cover 911 because it works the same way.