Cujojo has the right solution: you need to keep track of these episodes and call your doc. Most docs don't talk with people on O2 about why they're prescribed O2. You are prescribed O2 because you can't keep your O2 sats up where they need to be on room air. Your sats need to be above 88 at a minimum and for comfort, around 95-97 (that's where a normal person's sats usually are). Docs forget that different activities take different amounts of O2 to maintain O2 saturation levels. They prescribe O2 at 2 LPM for everything, and that means that any time you're up and moving, you're probably O2 deprived.

When you talk with your doc, let them know you have an oximeter and what it's showing. Talk about letting you turn your O2 up and down as your oximeter tells you that you need more or less O2. That's the best way for you to keep your O2 sats where they need to be. Turn your O2 up before you move and back down when you've completed your task. Don't turn the O2 up unless your sats are going down, even if you're really short of breath, because it won't do any good and could do some harm. What that means is that you're trapping air. If that's the case, you can continue doing whatever you're doing for as long as you can and you won't do yourself any harm: you have good O2 sats.

Remember, docs know about hospital O2; most have absolutely NO CLUE about home O2 , how it's delivered, the equipment, what the equipment does and the fact that a prescription of 2LPM only works for a stationary concentrator. Most of us use pulse dosing when we're out and about and that has nothing to do with Liters Per Minute.........but most docs don't know that. So you have to learn about O2 and how it works and you educate your doc.

There are respiratory therapists in Grande Praire. I'm going there tomorrow for the first time. I will update you on how it goes.

I was doing that for awhile. Do you get really dizzy too? I almost passed out a few times. My pulse would go up to scary numbers. It lasted about a month. I'm stupid stubborn when it comes to drs so obviously I didn't phone. But I did start pursed lips breathing all the time. I turned my oxygen up by a 1/2. When I stood up I would stand there for a minute. It eventually stopped. I turned my oxygen back down but I continue to breathe pursed lips. I put a video on here yesterday about it. I really think you should see a dr.. That way you get the proper advice. Hopefully Jean will see your question tomorrow. Keep an eye open for her. She's an expert. Ttyl 😺