Wife and I are both on oxygen

By seabolt

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My other half just went on oxygen about a month ago. I've helped her along as much as I can and I assume things will settle down a bit, given enough time.

Oxygen times two

You see I am also on oxygen and have been for 6 years now. So now those of you that have oxygen tangling problems, have something to laugh about. You should see us with 50 ft of oxygen hose each. If any of you are in the same situation and have found any tangling solutions, please let me know.
Looking forward to hearing from any of you. Or if not, the next time you get tangled up, have a laugh on me.

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Janet Plank HU Moderator
Hello <inline-mention username="seabolt" user-id="2469211"/>. Picturing tangled hoses brought a bit of a smile, and then I thought of tangles. ugh. They are notorious for that. Here is a link that another posted: <a href='https://copd.net/living/solution-always' target='_blank'>https://copd.net/living/solution-always</a>, hopefully that will help. I hope that your wife gets along well being on oxygen. Hopefully you will find an end to the 'tangles'. Janet (moderator/COPD.net)
Lori.Foster Community Admin
Hi <inline-mention username="seabolt" user-id="2469211"/>! Thanks for sharing! It's been a few weeks since you posted this and I am wondering how it's working out. That sounds sound complicated. One member of this community wrote about attaching hooks to her ceiling to lift her hose off the floor when she has company. I am not sure that would help you though. Do you at least have different color hoses so you know which is which? Wishing you the best. - Lori (Team Member)
Leon Lebowitz, RRT Member
H again, <inline-mention username="seabolt" user-id="2469211"/> - good to see you posting here again. I also see my good colleague, <inline-mention username="Lori.Foster" user-id="8790743"/>, has already provided some support for you! I do hope you have an opportunity to review her comments. Interestingly enough, your concern (about tangled-up oxygen supply lines), has been a very common issue among our <a href='https://copd.net' target='_blank'>COPD.net</a> members who are using supplemental oxygen. Happily, I can share some material with you that provides ideas as to how to manage this more safely. For your convenience, here is a link to one of the articles that addresses this issue: <a href='https://copd.net/living/oxygen-hose' target='_blank'>https://copd.net/living/oxygen-hose</a>. It was authored by our own <inline-mention username="Jeff Collings" user-id="2436114"/>. I do hope you find the information is helpful. Should you want to discuss this further, please feel free to reach out to me or any other moderator/team member. I appreciate that you are looking at this from the perspective of a sense of humor - laughter can go a long way towards managing this disease. All the best, Leon L (author/moderator)