Guest guest Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Jim with your sat that low are you factoring in the 3% the oximeter could be off. Insist on walk and PFT's. Love and Prayers, Peggy ipf 6/04 Florida " Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up. " Babs.......I spent 6 months in San in 1965-66. Medic training with the Army at Ft Sam Houston. I kind of liked it (Texas, that is). The only thing that stands out in my memory...some weird liqueur laws. You could't buy a drink, but you could carry a bottle of booze into a restaurant, set it on the table and buy a glass with mixer (coke, soda, whatever) for about $3.......and sit there and pour drinks at your table.......never could figure the logic behind that one. I am on O2 now.........a big issue, actually. I'm trying to get a doc to work with me to set the level......my concentrator goes to 3 plus an oxymized, the portable goes to 6 intermittent. Both wide open.....think I need more because my sats drop to 78-80 whenever I do anything. I talked to a GP here and he thinks that because I recover quickly, up to 91-92 within a minute, that just goes with the territory. He has a call in to my pulmo. If I understand what I hear from folks here.....I don't want it going that low at all. No OZ this year. When I'm sitting firmly atop the pity pot I start thinking I'll never see it again. I think, I think I could get there, but do so much traveling while there that I don't know how I'd keep my tanks filled. says that Qantas is very good to work with. But it is 22 hours flying from here.......13-14- alone from LA to Sydney. NEVER SAY NEVER .. I'll see if I can find some pix....have to wait until daughter gets home to put them on the 'puter...b-ball road trip, because neither of us know how to use it. jim IPF 05 alaska Barbara wrote: Jim, it's ok, we're used to all the Texas jokes. There was an elderly gentleman on the other board I belong to, from Seattle area, and he was always giving me a hard time about Texas. He had been stationed near Lubbock during WWII and thought he had been sent to hell. And I shouldn't have been so quick with the nyah, nyah, nyah on the weather, 'cuz it's now 49 and raining..... Our part of Texas is not so bad. We have hills, trees, rivers and creeks and lakes. Actually a nice place for most of the year. You DO NOT want to be here in July or August, and sometimes most of September. Hot as Hades and humid. We try to get away to Northern Cali for at least a week or two in August just so we can be outdoors and breathe. Did I mention the bugs in Texas???? Or the venomous snakes??? Or the cactus, the tornadoes, and the poisonous spiders???? The tourist board wouldn't want me working for them....LOL! If I had known about the snakes and scorpions before I moved here I wouldn't have moved here...... Australia is my hubby's dream vacation. My older Sis was there several years ago for 3 weeks and had the best time. We have a friend in New Zealand, in the wine business, and he's always telling us to visit. I lived in Eastern Oregon for 3 years in my teens, and would cheerfully move back to La Grande at a moment's notice if not for my family here in Texas. La Grande actually has 4 distinct seasons. Rather like a Norman Rockwell painting there..... I'm originally from California and adore the northern part. I can't handle the cold anymore though. I have Raynaud's and have to stay warm. It's nice that you have the support of family and friends. I'm sure you've been there for them just as often in the past and they're probably very happy to aid you now in any way. It's all about the give and take, and I have a feeling you were the " giver " in the past. While I can no longer help my family out physically, I try to help in other ways. I bake for them, am the family " psychologist " , and love to give them all trinkets and things that I find on my forays for jewelry and stuff to sell on ebay. I think the womenfolk are rather sick of jewelry by now...if that's possible! LOL! This disease may take our breath away but it can't have our hearts and souls. Will you be going to Australia this year? Are you on O2? Have you posted any pics from your trips? Hope you're warm today! Big Hugs from the Lone Star State Babs in Driftwood > > Babs......Oh, I don't mind...I talked to my friend in Australia on Christmas and it was in the 80s. That's why we like going there, usually in Feb or March. Cold here.......but so, so nice there. There have been times when I'd be there and not wear shoes for a month (just don't walk in the tall grass, eh ). In fact my wife got out one of our videos last night from our last trip in 2006....blue sky, sunshine, warm, blue ocean water, watermelon, etc.......and I can promise...not once in 30 days did I give thought to the " paradise " we'd left behind. > > Thanx for the kind words. And you are right, I know that virtually everyone here has experienced these things. I think that's one of the reasons I write about these thoughts, knowing everyone " gets it " . What could I offer them?? Hot chocolate, coffee, sandwiches, money, how about my first born?? I have to be careful because my bro-in-law is Alaska Native and it would be very easy to offend him. You're right, I am just so thankful. > > I am not Native, been here 23 years. Came from Wash State, near Portland, Or. " Here " is the south, west coast, Bristol Bay, the largest sockeye salmon fishery on the planet. Sitka is probably almost a thousand miles from here. So, how's your sense of humor?? You mention that it's 60 degrees...my response, being the sicko, boasting, Bush Alaskan that I am, would be......yeah, but it's............it's....................Texas. OHHHHHHHHHH, I know that's going to get me in deep doo-doo with all the Texans on the board. Oh well, it'll get my mind off the cold. Thanx again, Babs. > > jim IPF 05 > alaska > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Zena...kidding here, but I got a good chuckle at you writing I would love to meet all of you, I'm not far out of London, so if you're visiting perhaps we can meet up As if we are 100 miles apart! Sure, from me here in Oregon or others all over the states, we'll just drop by! haha. Wish we could see each other so easily. Mama-Sher, 69; IPF, 3-06, OR.Don't fret about tomorrow, God is already there! Re: Jim/reality check GINA!!!!!! And anyone else thinking of visiting the UK YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU DO. I would love to meet all of you, I'm not far out of London, so if you're visiting perhaps we can meet up Love Ze xx > > >> > > Babs......Oh, I don't mind...I talked to my friend in Australia on> > Christmas and it was in the 80s. That's why we like going there,> > usually in Feb or March. Cold here.......but so, so nice there. There> > have been times when I'd be there and not wear shoes for a month (just> > don't walk in the tall grass, eh ). In fact my wife got out one of> > our videos last night from our last trip in 2006....blue sky,> > sunshine, warm, blue ocean water, watermelon, etc.......and I can> > promise...not once in 30 days did I give thought to the "paradise"> > we'd left behind.> > >> > > Thanx for the kind words. And you are right, I know that virtually> > everyone here has experienced these things. I think that's one of the> > reasons I write about these thoughts, knowing everyone "gets it". What> > could I offer them?? Hot chocolate, coffee, sandwiches, money, how> > about my first born?? I have to be careful because my bro-in-law is> > Alaska Native and it would be very easy to offend him. You're right, I> > am just so thankful.> > >> > > I am not Native, been here 23 years. Came from Wash State, near> > Portland, Or. "Here" is the south, west coast, Bristol Bay, the> > largest sockeye salmon fishery on the planet. Sitka is probably almost> > a thousand miles from here. So, how's your sense of humor?? You> > mention that it's 60 degrees...my response, being the sicko, boasting,> > Bush Alaskan that I am, would be......yeah, but> > it's............it's....................Texas. OHHHHHHHHHH, I know> > that's going to get me in deep doo-doo with all the Texans on the> > board. Oh well, it'll get my mind off the cold. Thanx again, Babs.> > >> > > jim IPF 05> > > alaska> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------> > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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