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Im going to try to learn the steps though it may be a bit hard with my ambO2 on my back. But we'll see. What a creative, if regimented, way to get kids exercising.
Sunny and happy down here in Kent this morning. Love to all 
I LOVE that video! Thank you!!
ha ha, if you achieve that 02 good on you. I'm not on oxygen and know I would be out of puff very quickly. Maybe I could do 1 minute worth 
PS want to view video if you do achieve it. Have fun
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I think this would suit me better. newsflare.com/video/110345/... 😉
I was going to say: And that's easier because . . . ?! And then I got it. Still, if I could do as much as the grandad I would be thrilled.
ha ha holding the camera Don - yay
Looks like fun O2. Great video. Xxx
That was fun! 😊 💕 xx
Love the video good way to exercise if only. 👍
Fabulous video O2! Good luck with your practice. If you had shown me this ten years ago I would have had no problem doing it. However, now I doubt if I could manage half dozen steps. Looking at it, it makes you want to get up and do it. If only?
I completely agree withPatches 2 .....in my heyday now in my dreams 😂
I think I'll stick to my exercise bike and rowing machine. I'm not daft, when I can't do anymore and need to get my breath back then I'm already sat down, on both. Easier than collapsing into a heap on the floor
Hi O2. As you’re an ambo user, may I ask, have you ever found your sats drop when you walk outdoors, but not indoors? I’ve been referred for ambo O2 but I can do the 6mwt indoors (sats 89-90) whereas outside it’s more like 6 steps before sats nose-dive & heart rate shoots up (even when it’s not cold.) Does this make any sense to you? As they do the 6mwt indoors I’m sure they’ll say I won’t benefit from O2.
Yes, to an extent. With my daily wanderings round the house Im fine and I can run up the stairs without dropping beyond 90 and often not as far as that. I can walk up and down our long hall at a slowish pace for 10 minutes without the ambo, but if I speed it up and walk for 15 minutes which I do fairly regularly, it goes down to 86/7. Same with walking continuously at my PR maintenance session. So I use the O2 for that, but a certain amount of the setting (2 lpm) is probably used just for carrying the weight of the cylinder on my back Im sure.
If Im going flat out as in a 6MWT I go down to around 84 indoors but outdoors I also go down quite easily even if Im walking slower.
Without knowing why/how you came to be referred Im not sure what to say. We're all so different. Im borderline - e.g. lifting weights (4k each side) without oxygen is no problem. Anaerobic activity is fine - in fact I go up above my normal resting O2. Stepping for 2 minutes is also possible without oxygen but when continuing for 3 minutes the saturation drops to 88 or below.
I guess you just need to be assertive with the physio and tell them what you are saying here. If they wont listen then ask for a 24 hour pulse oximeter to monitor yourself over a period of time. You could also do that yourself over a 24 period - probably wont be as accurate as their regularly calibrated oximeters but it would give an indication.
Let us know what happens. Some medics listen, and sadly some dont.
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