Getting off Oxygen?

[DesertDonna52]

I've been on a high dosage of oxygen for quite a few years, 4 liters. I have chronic bronchitis and am trying to get off oxygen. When sitting still, I can get to about 85 to 88, but when I walk around, even slowly, it goes down to 68, but then once seated, it goes up again. How can I train myself to stay off the oxygen?

[Hidden]

You can't is the simple answer. That is unless you can get so fit you don't need as much. Some breathing exercises might help to bring your oxygen level up a bit. There are lots online.

Even when seated your sats are right on the edge of dangerous and I can't see how you could possibly make the ones moving about high enough to come off. x

[DesertDonna52 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for your suggestions. I was in the hospital with pneumonia a few years ago and the doctor said if it would stay around 88 that would be fine, so I see your point. I just have to keep trying.

[O-T-]

Hi, I know this may seem a bit new-agey considering your medically supervised condition but I wonder if you might benefit from beetroot powder capsules (I seem to mention them in all my posts, should start a topic one day). I am convinced that beetroot has helped me when out and about and in planned excursions like house-moves etc.! The evidence seems good that beetroot above most foodstuffs improves oxygen efficiency. There may be a reduction in blood clotting though (many good-for-you things thin the blood). Examine dot com has useful data.

When looking into the Buteyko breathing method versus the Wim Hof method (which I fear could initially provoke asthma symptoms), I stumbled on a site about someone called Ray Peat - I haven't really checked it out but the forum guys seem very interested in things like SATS etc., (about which I'm rather ignorant), raypeatforum dot com.

I hope this is of some use, cheers, Ollie.

[DesertDonna52 in reply to O-T-]

Thank you so much, Ollie. Since I am from the good ole USA (cough, cough), I have no insurance and cannot afford to visit the doctor often as I used to. Also the pulmonologists I visited when I was married and under husband's insurance now will not even see me because I have no insurance. I am very interested in natural methods also. I had never heard of breathing exercises before another nice person mentioned them, so I'm going to look into those as well. I am planning to move to Australia next year and want so much to improve my health first.