Oxgeon on excersise

[Michelle12120]

I've been told that I will need oxgeon to make me more mobile in a back pack. Does that help be stop being less breathless when I'm trying to do things. I go next week for my last accessment to decide how much I need.

[stone-UK]

Hi

Oxygen is given to maintain you sats at a acceptable level, although it will not stop you being breathless it will take the edge of.

Prior to oxygen my sats went as low 83% it as be as low as 75% which means I would gasp for breath to fetch it back to normal.

With oxygen I still get short of breath but my sats stay at 90/92% which means I recover quicker to my more normal 93/94% with less gasping, more like taking desp breaths.

If you use oxygen coupled with exercise, this will improve you breathing.

[Bengunn in reply to stone-UK]

Hi Stone.I understand from reading some of your posts that you have ambulatory at 2lpm,could you tell me if you have a static concentrator as well if so what ltm does it run on.The reason I am asking is that on my static I have 4 ltm and on my ambulatory bottle I also run at 4 ltm which is getting too heavy for me,so I was thinking maybe I could buy a light insep machine at 3ltm and see if I could manage with that.Your opinion would be appreciated.Bengunn.

[stone-UK in reply to Bengunn]

Hi

I use cylinders at home. As I live on the first floor this was the most suitable.

I purchased my own POC, Airsep focus which is the smallest and lightest unit available , but it's only suitable for 2 lpm.

Your oxygen provider should be able to supply you with a POC,

An I- go or Imogen one G2 both which will do 4lpm.

Although heavy at about 8lbs they come with a trolley

If you feel the only way forward is to purchase your own than a suitable unit is a Imogen one G3 which weighs 2.2 kg about 5 lbs

Subject to the equipment your provider supplies .

Liquid oxygen have a 2.2 kg flask.

Who is you provider?

[O2Trees in reply to Bengunn]

Other possibility if you are not on this already would be to ask your doctor to prescribe a paediatric cylinder. They are quite a bit lighter. They last 6 hours at 2 lpm, but if you also ask for a conserver (this makes the O2 supply breath activated instead of being on continuously so saves a huge amount of O2) it will last a lot longer. Im not sure if these are prescribed for 4 lpm but no harm in asking.

[Michelle12120]

Thank you. On rest they say my levels are 86. Not sure what they are when I excersise. I just know just gasping for breath.

[notlocal in reply to Michelle12120]

A pulse oximeter is a good little piece of kit. I use it when I'm on the treadmill, alarm beeps if my sats drop below 90. Loads on Amazon around the £20 mark.

[Puffthemagicdragon]

As Stone says, it does help take the edge of being breathless and also helps you recover quicker.

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Hi Michelle I am not on oxygen but do know that you have it to support your other organs when your oxygen level falls below 88 which yours has. Good luck with it. xx