Is this a issue with you
Staying on home unit to prevent the use of the supply of portable tanks. I run into a lot of patients and caregivers in stores or in public. I'm 58 and been using o2 for 20 plus years and so when these people see a young person on o2 it's easy for them to approach me with the line of you look young to be on oxygen. I found out there seem to be a reason behind this because they have a lot of questions about o2 and I don't sick or appear to be fragile and doctor notes a lot of seniors with copd.
My question is do you fear that if you use your portable bottles to do things that you want to like move around the house, walk outside in beautiful weather or get out to socialize just to have the feeling of security of knowing you have these tanks if a emergency rises. The health care company say it's hoarding tanks, one reason they say they set a number of tanks to be dlv.
Thoughts harry
It a way wanting to see if copd patients avoid being active because they may use these tanks and feel they won't be replace and you feel more at ease not using them for that issue.
I agree with dltld. My daughter and I are both on oxygen and use the same supplier. Early last year it was a little scary because of the available tanks. However, our service never limits how many we can get and I don't and pray, pray, others don't limit activity because of fear of using too many. We are very important humans like anyone else, and it is so important for us to participate in daily living activities! Best wishes to you and feel confident you are deserving of living a full life and using whatever aids you need! 
I love your perspective. Every person needs to get up and move around, even if it's just to go to the bathroom or around the house, and if you need supportive oxygen to do that, then using as much as you need is important! Everyone deserves to have the best quality of life they can, and sitting around can actually make things worse. Thank you for sharing your passion for life and encouraging others here! -Melissa, copd.net team
I feel it's more so do to covid and the "shortage" that was happening
with so many more people needing 02 therapy that the companies were limiting the amount of
tanks people could have at home and being high risk it was just easier to send someone else.
Since that has slowed down now, people using the tanksThe amount of tanks you receive are normally dictated by the Dr. If you need more talk to him and tell him why as he just needs to know you are using it properly. 
Interesting perspectives here. In the US, Medicare limits us to 8 tanks total in home, when you have a home (115v) concentrator. If you then also have a POC (portable oxygen concentrator), they take 6 of those tanks back. However, it also depends on the in=dividual situation, and location. I live in a city. But it is prone to frequent power cutoffs and glitches, and also, my home and portable concentrators have proven to be somewhat less than reliable. I've been through 6 in two years. But all these machines are used and/or rebuilt, and not super-reliable. So, they brought me back all my tanks. But I do not use them, I just have them in case of emergency, like power failures. This is all covered under Part A, meaning it is free. And there are limits, but they are flexible due to need, and circumstances. I have learned over time that my oxygen provider will work with me, because if anything happens to me and they are found liable, they will be in a lot of trouble. While Medicare likes to limit what it can, Federal law also requires a standard of care that they must not violate.
