Copd

[debra1019]

I am new on here to have had copd for 5 years .You have to make a lot of changes to your life .I am on oxygen 24/7 .yes getting upset makes it worst. I have 3 inhalers and take breathing treatments 3 times a day.I am trying to live as normal as I can.

[joeoconnell]

i have been on ox 24/7 for maybe 8 years now and envy someone i see out for a walk

[Hidden in reply to joeoconnell]

With my Inogen 1 oxygen concentrator set for 5 lpm, I can walk up to a half mile without taking a 10 minute break. I have a special backpack for it and do a little gardening with it set on 5 lpm also, but I work for 5 minutes and break for 5 minutes. What little I am able to accomplish gives my morale a great boost. How much are you able to do around the house?

[joeoconnell in reply to Hidden]

i live alone, have prostate cancer, and have a pacemaker due to heart problems so i don't get a lot done around the house and it is a mess. my oxygen is set at 4.5 when i am out and about i carry a tank. would like to find our about your portable concentrator

[Hidden]

inogen.com is their website. It weighs barely over 6 pounds and comes with a shoulder strap case much like a woman's purse. They also sell a backpack made especially for it (pricey at $100) but I need it for working out in the yard. I have had mine 5 months and like it so much I would do commercials for the company if they asked. Medicare and most insurance companies will pay for rental fees with a minimum copay, but I chose to purchase ($3,500). I carry at all times the little Walgreen Drug Oximeter and when I first got the concentrator, I carried a little notebook to monitor what settings and how often I needed to take breaks. I am able to walk my two dogs (5 lpm) or one dog (4 lpm). I drive with the Inogen behind my feet and sit on the shoulder strap to secure it from falling over, and I set it at 3 for driving. It comes with a battery charger, a travel cord to operate it in your vehicle, a special cord that runs it on AC in the house and charges the battery at the same time. Traveling by air requires a letter from the doctor stating you need the concentrator and then you cannot sit at exit seats or in front of the bulkhead.

[14425 in reply to Hidden]

Does it work only in demand?

My husband needs continuous also what leters

[Hidden]

LPM is liters per minute, and the Inogen line is only "on demand," and it delivers from 1 to 5 liters per minute. But if you check Amazon with a search of "oxygen concentrators" in quotation marks, you will see other portables about the same size, and some go either way or continuous only. There are quite a few out there now, and one of them should meet his needs. I just spent 4 hours gardening and spreading mulch in the garden with mine, frequent breaks, but a lot accomplished, and that is what keeps my spirits up (being able to do a bit of work now and then).