Ragrug question

[Ragrug]

Hello all hope you are having a good day.

I have a question or maybe more.I have been on suplemental oxygen for a week now and seem to be ok. However I woke this morning feeling awful. Huge headache and feeling slightly nauseous and very weak..which is not me if I can get up then I do and keep busy..but not today....I am wondering if I didn't get enough o ygen in the night..I am on 2 litres per min. OR could it be carbon dioxide overload

.I sleep sitting up but I may have ended up in foetal position

I don't really know what I am asking. I have lung cancer and copd..plus a lot of other things.

Any suggestions would help...I can't get to my doctor as I Iiv e in Spain and all lung doctors seem to be caught up with covid 19.

Thank you

Ragrug

[Damon1864 Volunteer]

Have a word with your either your GP or better still your oxygen nurse. Hope this helps, have a good day and take care 😊 Bernadette and Jack 🐕 xxxxxx

[Geoffu in reply to Damon1864]

How are you breathing your oxygen - through a cannula or a face mask? I need a bedside controller - usually used for sleep apnea -and a face mask to avoid retaining CO2 in my blood. Have a word with your GP or hospitality SA dept. Might be relevant

[Damon1864 Volunteer in reply to Geoffu]

I have a cannula. Have a good night and take care 😊 Bernadette and Jack 🐕 xxxxxx

[Hidden]

If you are unable to speak to your consulting doctor who prescribed the oxygen to you perhaps contact your oxygen supplier. Does spain have a Lung foundation helpline? Yes something here:

europeanlung.org/en/search-...

You can email BLF helpline as another option but that could take 2+ days better if you make contact with an organisation in the country you are residing about this situation.

Email BLF blf.org.uk/support-for-you/...

Hope you get things resolved.

[2greys]

There is a condition known as Hypercapnia commonly called a CO2 headache.

healthline.com/health/copd/...

verywellhealth.com/hypercap...

copdliving.today/living-wit...

[Ragrug]

Thank you all for your suggestions I will do what you have told me...

[mikeadams51]

In my experience it is CO2 overload. I’m on 1ltr over night and sometimes wake up with a mild headache or fuzzy head. If it continues you need to speak to your nurse or doctor in my opinion