Oxygen and me!...I snuggle under the comforter (the AC is on 365 days a year to fight humidity).... By KevinDavitt2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments34 comments
Check The Oxygen Equipment...Dials and switches can get bumped. On switches can be forgotten, and portable oxygen can freeze up or become... By Tonya Hidalgo3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Help, please: Did my dad have COPD?...Apparently dad was having trouble breathing, mom called an ambulance, the doctors came, the heart was fine, it was the lungs, they...Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 repliesSymptomsProgressionSmoking
Care and Cleaning of Your Oxygen Equipment...Thankfully, one of the oxygen delivery people who came to our house regularly did finally go over the steps By Kathi MacNaughton3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
prognosis??...seems like even though she is doing everything wrong, she is able to still go on and on so Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 replies
Wearing Oxygen for the First Time...I could go on with so many more. It never ends.... By Jackie English3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments76 comments
Oxygen Levels and Supplemental Oxygen...Oxygen tanks also work nice should the electricity go out and your concentrator stop working.... By John Bottrell, RRT4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments41 comments
Oxygen Depletion...I’m Stage IV so I’ve seen it go down as far as 88 on my pulse oximeter. Not By KevinDavitt3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments16 comments
Using and Wearing Supplemental Oxygen...We are not our mothers or grandmothers of the past as we rarely go out without our make- By Barbara Moore2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
An Embarrassing Situation...When your oxygen level is dangerously low, the body starts shutting down and conserving oxygen for the most vital organs.... By Mary Ultes5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments72 comments
What I Have Learned While Traveling With Oxygen...Each airport is different and has different rules on how you and your POC go through the screening line.... By Jackie English3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments19 comments
What to Do When Your Oxygen Level Is Low...It's a small, handheld device that easily slips over your finger, with the LED light on top displaying both your heart rate and... By John Bottrell, RRT3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Useful Items I Keep in My COPD To-Go Bag...I told my husband that getting me ready to go somewhere was worse than getting a baby and a diaper... By Jackie English3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments44 comments
exercise...Helping your body get more oxygen by exercising is a good way to decrease the frequency of headaches, sleep trouble Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Help with diagnosis...So I go like this on Monday I take the first 6 2mg preds by noon I feel...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesDiagnosis
exercise...Helping your body get more oxygen by exercising is a good way to decrease the frequency of headaches, sleep trouble Reactions 0 reactions Comments4 replies
Oxygen Technology...The list can go on and on: 100% electric cars, cellular phones with built-in cameras, and self-driving cars.... By KevinDavitt3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments106 comments
What Should I Do In Stages 1 and 2?...My mom used to say, "Do all you can do, and that's all you can do." Chances... By Tonya Hidalgo3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Repeated flare ups...The doctors are getting sick of me and after giving me salbutamol nebuliser they discharge me, still breathless because my Reactions 0 reactions Comments8 repliesBreathingChronic BronchitisCoping
Odds & Ends...I strap on my backpack with my “D” cylinder and go for a 20-minute walk around the mall. I’m... By KevinDavitt3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
