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COPD and falls.

I wonder if anyone else has had falls caused by the oxygen line. In the past six weeks I have had four bad falls caused by tripping over the oxygen line. I have had severe bruising, large blood. blisters, and after the latest fall cannot bear weight on my left leg for more than 5- 10 minute. Mercifully, I haven't broken any bones, but I think this is because I have had poor balance and been subject to falls since age 8 when encephalitis completely deafened one ear.Since that time I have had literally hundreds of falls and have never broken a bone. At age 80, I fell hip first onto a concrete sidewalk. Very bad bruise. No break. I don't think this is because I have unusually strong bones (I'm actually rather fine-boned) but because, after all these years, I have learned how to fall.
All this is merely prelude to asking why there are not more safety precautions built into oxygen regenerators: does the tube have to be transparent? Can it not come with a mild built-in cord retractor?

    1. This is still jgpf. Please add this to the above. I don't know how to edit my submission. I wanted to know if others had found this a problem and what, if anything, they had done about it. Right now, the effects of my falls are limiting my activity and causing me far more discomfort than the COPD. Would love to hear others' responses.

      1. I just got this from Tom Boyer, who is one of our members. What a neat gadget to stop you from tripping on the oxygen tube.


        https://www.oxygenmgmtsystems.com/how-it-works


      2. Hi whirled peas and , and thanks for making this link available for our members. So many have inquired about just this sort of concern, I am sure they will all find it helpful to see.
        Regards,
        Leon (site moderator COPD.net)

    2. Hi , the amazing unbreakable wonder woman! So glad you haven't broken anything yet! I am very sure you do know how to fall! I'm sad that you have been put through so much pain and jarring.

      1. I don't know what happened to the last half of my reply, but I suggested you call your oxygen provider and have them send out a couple of green 40ft. tubes. Very visible. Hope this helps.

        1. Hi Tom, Wow! That's quite a gadget~ I'm going to post it on the forum stream, so anyone can see it. Thanks for that. I know it will help lots of people!


        2. Hi Tom - good to see you here!! I know you mentioned this gadget to me privately, and I appreciate it. So glad you posted it here for the community to see and read about. I am sure you will find other forums where it will be beneficial to post the link as well.
          Thanks so much!
          Leon (site moderator COPD.net)

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