Sats

[rubyred777]

Hey guys,

Doing a little survey. Whats yout oxygen level after you lay down and rrelax for an hour? You can include people you live with w copd. Thanks Rubyxx

[Kad21]

92 x

[phillips1]

The same as Kad, 91/92.

Bobby

[rubyred777 in reply to phillips1]

Hi Bobby,

Are you on oxygen?

Rubyxx

[phillips1 in reply to rubyred777]

Hi Ruby. Yes I am on an as needed basis. Usually just 2 litres per minute. I avoid using it as much as possible.

Bobby xx

[Colours23]

90

[jayspurs]

95/96 now one month before 94

[Sohara in reply to jayspurs]

Yes but whats your stats like when you watch Spurs play?

I swear I age 5 years every game when I watch Arsenal play

[jayspurs in reply to Sohara]

Lol, everytime we have a game my stats go off the scale, my heart is pounding out my chest and my nails are bitten until theres none left.

Oh the joys of supporting tottenham

I would not change it for the world.

Justin

[rubyred777 in reply to jayspurs]

Hi Jayspurs,

Your improving!

Thats great . You must be doing something right ! Keep us posted on your improvements.

RUBY xx

[O2Trees]

93/94%

[katieoxo60]

93/95

[Hidden]

Sitting here now my sats are 90 - wow that's low for me. x

[kimmy59]

94

[rubyred777 in reply to kimmy59]

Hi Kimmy 59,

How are you?

How long have you had copd?

Rubyxx

[kimmy59 in reply to rubyred777]

I have severe Emphysema diagnosed February 2012 but I suggest I had been ill a lot longer. I don't feel to bad at the moment, (she says with everything crossed) the Azithromycin I started taking December 2013 really helped, I live in fear that they might stop it, couldn't go back to constant infections.

Kim xxxx

[rubyred777 in reply to kimmy59]

Hi Kimmy 59,

Do you take that all the time?

I would think your body would get used to it and it would stop working.

Rubyxx

[warwickstag]

92-93% on oxygen, 84% off.

[mikeadams51]

generally 92%

[stilltruckin]

96%

[rubyred777 in reply to stilltruckin]

Thats great Stiitruckin ,

Looks like your doing well

Rubyxx

[Puffthemagicdragon]

93% on 1/2 L oxygen and about the same without extra oxygen.

[Hidden]

Sitting here now they are 92. Can't figure why they change like that. x

[rubyred777 in reply to Hidden]

Hey coughalot,

What are they when your walking around?

Rubyxx

[Hidden]

Um. don't know will try it now. Just spent 2 minutes walking round my lounge and they are now 93. x

[rubyred777 in reply to Hidden]

You should try your peak flow.Make sure your not getting sick.

Rubyxx

[Hidden in reply to rubyred777]

Thanks Ruby. I feel fit and well at the moment. My sats do seem quite low considering my lung function is around 66%. Am going for my copd review in the next month or so so will ask the nurse, x

[rubyred777 in reply to Hidden]

Glad your feeling ok.

Have a great day

Rubyxx

[Offcut]

I can be 92/94 upright and 82/90 flat. I am all over the place at the moment still got this stupid cough throat thingy going about second week so far!

Be Well

[CornishBrian]

Don't use oxygen but my sats when resting in bed usually about 84 to 86. Once up, three or four breathing control will bring it to 90 and a few mote breaths to 92/93

[rubyred777 in reply to CornishBrian]

Hey Cornishbrian,

Thats really low. Your good to go? Feeling good and ready to take on the world?

Rubyxx

[CornishBrian in reply to rubyred777]

Yes. No problems. People can read too much into SoB and sats. Like anything else in life, no point over supplying when a maintenance dos is all that's needed. A bit like eating 24 hours...not needed. As for SoB, I keep telling folk it's not a bad thing. It's a matter of how well and how quick you return to normal. All Sob means is you are exercising your lungs. A top athlete, trains for years to get to his peak performance but if he or she isn't SoB after the event, they know they haven't given their all.

[CornishBrian in reply to CornishBrian]

By the way, I am at severe level COPD and was first diagnosed 17 years ago.

[rubyred777 in reply to CornishBrian]

Your doing prerty well then. Whats your fev 1?

xx

[CornishBrian]

No idea really. the last two years COPD revues have been worse than useless and this years has had to be postponed due to me having an infection...the first infection for almost 18 months too. I have managed to avoid them by making some changes to my life but unfortunately this one my grand daughter brought home for me from school as part of her Christmas presents, I think. I have too admit though, after taking part in the web casts from Royal Brompton Hospital 8 months ago, I pay little head to any one figure. The professor told us repeatedly, the figures aren't even worth looking at in ones and twos...all the figures have to looked at together and then it is a very unreliable measure of lung capacity, fitness, ability to function etc. He made a particular point of the "Lung Age" as being fit for scare mongering only and of no medical basis or use to any one. It can't be used for diagnosis, working out treatment plans, measuring improvements etc..mainly because it is taken in uncontrolled conditions. However, if they were done correctly, they would still be of little benefit other than scaring a patient into an early grave.

[DoghouseDave]

91/92