I'm on Oxygen at home and during Hurricane season I make sure all my Portable Tanks are filled my Oxygen company also has a Large tank here with me at all times. So if you are new to in home Oxygen and don't have a emergency reserve tank you may want to …

Is a dry sauna good for your lungs?

Again please forgive me if I don’t respond right away or at all. This is new to me and I’m now quite sure how to communicate properly on here yet. I do have a question. I am on 2 liters of oxygen via nasal cannula. I have Alpha-1 so I’m in a pretty bad …

Seems to be a disproportionate of former drinkers in this crowd. Heavy drinker = heavy smoker? I sobered up in '87 but continued to smoke for 30 more years. That hindsight makes me cringe!

So it's been a ride. Doctor diagnosed me with COPD and asthma, gave me inhalers, and told me to come back in four months for the lung function test. I pushed that up because I was uncomfortable with a diagnosis (and medication) before the test that was …

went to Hospital on July 4 and they did a Blood gas test my numbers are as followed Ph Arterial 7.46 pC02 43.4 mmhg P02 30.5. , Base excess. 5.9 mmdl 02 sat Art 95.1 Fl02 21% I need help they sent me home and still feeling weird . No explained to me …

My O2 flow rate was recently bumped up to a horrible 8 and i'm wondering what i'll do now for O2 when i'm out trying to deal with whatever needs dealing with. The E- tanks was using are pretty much useless to me now. What's left for safe travel when i …

What are they for and how do i use them?

I don`t know any other details like lung function etc.? What do I need to ask or do? And what do I need to ask the oxygen supply company? This is all so new to me and I feel like I've been thrown out of a plane with a parachute and no instructions on how …

does anyone use one of these. And if so which brand! There are so many, hard to decide. I like this for trips because I can walk much further, and longer. But if I get really SOB hubby can push me a bit

i felt chest tightning pains yesterday i was washing my suv while i was scrubing the soap it was hot but didnt think it was that bad then i went outside at night to see the light show i was carrying my grand daughter and i had another chest pain feels …

Well good grief, Jean053! I am mixing up my E tank with my POC. The POC goes to 3, the E tank takes me to the 4 + liters per minute. Sorry for the confusion. I use both, but the POC is preferred. So, trying to get the POC battery situation to be …

Heart rate increase. 60 at rest 130 walking.

Hi LizG, I am a stage 4 for a long time. In Nov of 2013 I was put in the hospital for 18 days, with an exacerbation. By the time they let me go home, I was advised to take things slowly. I know that it took me fully 6 months to regain my normal life. …

I have an exerpeutic stationary bike. They also make a recumbent bike. The seat and comfort not so much, but noise is almost nothing. Mine is marketed as folding, but I am not sure what team of horses they think you have in order to fold it. I do not try …

does anyone have this and does it make my copd worse than it is

wondering is anyone is using the trilogy machine and if they are finding it helpful

Well I had posted a question a while ago about my spirometry results. The test I took 2 years ago came back with a FEV1 of 71, and the test I took 2 weeks ago came back with a FEV1 of 90!! I saw the doctor today and asked her how could this big an …

Is there any medicine that improves breathing and does not cause bruising and tearing of the skin? My 84 year old mom is covered with horrible bruises from her meds.

my flow rate has bee set at 8. what o2 delivery system can i use? i'm confused.....

Hi Katherine58 - I'm going to echo das23... Ya gotta QUIT SMOKING. Hoping to quit? Try saying... "I'm willing to quit" or "I've decided to quit" The words we use really matter. It's the beginning of making change happen. No judgement here, just concern. …

I’m going to rehab and got portable tanks. The tanks are small but I have a bad back and they feel heavy to me. I was told I’m at 4 so I can’t have the small units. I do hope that rehab is worth it , this just all seems to be getting harder by the day. I …

would i be able to get 02 from my primary and for this weather in phoenix az im stuck inside if i had 02 wouldnt it he better

Diagnosed with COPD about 5 yrs ago. Had PFT 3 years ago revealing "moderate".. Like a fool, I didn't stop smoking a pack of cigs per day. I don't have SOB and not on O2. Just cough in morning only with small mucous production. Saw new doctor Wed 6/26 …

does anyone have personal oxygen concentrator recommendations? So many to review. Thank yo