COPD and Oxygen
I have Copd and emphysema with chronic bronchitis,heart failure, with AF ( Aortal fibrillation) long term 24 hours a day Oxygen,I have a Bi pap machine,I use everynight because I can’t do the exchange in my lungs and heart so the Bi pap gets the Co2 out of my body, I have Respiratory failure, I have been this way for Three years, and diagnosed with inhalers to start with, and a Cpap for my sleep apnea.
, it definitely sounds like you are contending with a lot! How are you feeling today? Do you feel like the oxygen, inhalers and CPAP are helping you? All the best, Sam S. (COPD.net, team member). Hello, and thankyou for having me, I can relate to many people, I have a big problem with Co2 and I have swapped the Cpap, for Bypap? But it’s causes sores on my face, but my Oxygen is 24 our a day starting at 2 1/2,lts, up to 6 lts, depending on my activity, but like many of your members, I have no stage! And yet I suffer from arthritis, 5 slipped discs in my lower back and facet joint disease of the neck,I have regular treatment of Botox in both places, it helped with morphine patch.
Hi Yetty, and thanks for your comments here. We hear you! The proper amount of oxygen can go a long way towards managing this disease successfully. I did want to mention that BiPAP and CPAP therapy are extremely similar. The major difference is the pressure levels set (for the patient) for successful treatment. Both devices can deliver the prescribed percentage or liter flow of oxygen the doctor recommends (for each patient).
If there is anything we can assist you with, please let me or any other moderator / team member know. You are always welcome here in our online community - please know that!
Warm regards,
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
Oh yes, I couldn’t manage with out my Oxygen and my inhalers as they are steroids etc. I feel ok today, saw my Son and my grandson, they bring us so much joy, I tend to keep my feelings to myself, I will occasionally talk to my husband but he can’t hear what I’m saying and will not hear thanks
Hey! My husband can be the same. But then he says I'm mumbling; it's not his hearing. I tell him he reminds me of an old man in a hat, like those little old men you see driving. Sometimes it makes him laugh, sometimes not. It makes me laugh, though, and laughing is good. I couldn't be without all the inhalers, or the O2. It's just a fact of life. People who fight it don't win that battle. Plus, it's so much more comfortable, and I can function so much better with all my stuff, I don't give it a thought.
Once, about a year ago, I was at the eye doctor's, picking out frames, when a lady came in with her little boy, about five or six. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see him whispering to his mom about my oxygen.
I stepped up and said, "It's just like your glasses. They help you see better. This oxygen helps me breathe better."
The little boy looked at his mom, she nodded, and the awkwardness was gone.
You can always talk to us.
Hope today is an easy-breathing day for you!Hi whirledpeas - that is a great little story about the little boy at the eye doctor's office. Children always seem to do well when their questions are answered. And you, whirledpeas, has just the right response.
Nice to 'see' you here, as always!
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
Hi CM9509e2, and thanks for your candor in sharing your present medical condition(s) with the community. As my colleague, , has said - you are managing quite a few and varied levels of medical conditions. It does sound like you have been treated and have a medication regimen for managing the various medical diagnoses.
If there is anything we can do to assist you further, please let me or any other moderator / team member know. Please know too, you are always welcome in our online community.
Warm regards,
Leon (site moderator COPD.net)
