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Thanks @A MyCOPDTeam Member I spent 2 days in skilled nursing "rehab" 2 years and took myself out after 2 days because the food was inedible and I was told to pee in a diaper for both days. Nothing… read more
This has been sitting in the back of my mind and I finally have figured out a question that maybe Jean can answer. We know that the pulse dose portable concentrators actually only deliver 1.2 or 1.5 liters of concentrated 02, and a constant flow up to 5 lpm but what percentage of concentrated 02 does a person actually inhale and use? We know the constant flow is potentially better but how much of the 02 is a person actually using of the constant flow? Of course what setting they are on makes… read more
I’m fairly new to all of this…
I have had a couple of episodes that were pretty rough. Tight chest, can’t get air, sweats, nauseous, dry heaves. The excessive heat and humidity triggered them. 🥵
I sat down with cool, wet towel at base of my neck, drank water, did deep breathing.
After about 10 minutes it began to gradually subside. Was scary but I managed it.
How do you know you should really go to the ER??
Breathe Easy and Hugs! 😃
When my coughing and breathing are out of control I call on my personal superman! I lean forward a bit in my chair and he gently pats my back with the goal for me to try and hold the rhythm with my… read more
Been struggling with my breathing but my stats.are in the upper 90s?
I was having a hard time breathing not long ago, had my o2 checked and I was 98% but my resting heart rate was 111 bpm
77 yrs old. Diagnosed 5 years ago. Most activity brings on SOB
Great information Jean, I truly appreciate it.
When I get anxious I go right into bad habit of breathing which lowers the amount of oxygen I am getting. Even just anxious thoughts will as well. I think my COPD has gotten a lot worse in the last year. The anxiety is about real things and the cycle of breathing causes anxiety and then my oxygen is low which causes me to feel more anxiety and is a cycle they see no way out of for me.
@A MyCOPDTeam Member thank you for this I have been on Zoloft over 2 years and the anxiety just gets worse and it's time something helped. I think she wants to try Lexipro (sp) but I will ask her… read more
I've been on O2 for 10 years and have always had the nose inserts facing up into my nose. A technician was here to check my O2 machine and told me that was wrong. The inserts should face down. I could feel the coolness of the O2 with them down but seem to get the same O2 readings whichever way I place them. I'm at the scary stage of copd and will appreciate input.
Sending much love and God's blessings back to my dear/dear Warrior in Christ @A MyCOPDTeam Member! Hope your evening is going well, hon! :-)
headaches
A big hug for you and those that commented. Could not understand why I had headaches, have recently went from 2 to 4. Thanks again everyone.
Aspirin will help to thin your blood take care xx
Very useful info.
