Guest guest Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 ok, been there, done that!! Now, what I hate is when you have the canula attached to your face, the oxygen turned on and for what ever reason you forget that the hose does end and you do that three stooges whip your head back thing! Usually accompanied by the delightful sound of "uugghhh". Case in point, this week have some help in the garden, at all ends of the garden, at the same time. I keep trying to "supervise" and in the process, think that I will end up with whiplash trying to walk away from my tank. I could probably pass it off casually if my darling children wouldn't start laughing so hard! lol. Life continues to be interesting.Later,IPF/NSIP 08 NC Subject: Re: OooopsTo: Breathe-Support Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 9:40 PM Oh my worst one. I often just put my cannula around my neck and take it out of my nose. So sometimes I turn the oxygen on, stand, start walking. Wonder why I'm getting short of breath so fast and realize the oxygen is on but the cannula isn't in my nose. > > > > Did something pretty dumb today. I was at the gym, taking a break > between floor class and walking. While I was just sitting there I had my > O2 turned off as my sats stay up for quite awhile if I'm at rest (20 > minutes or so). > > So I gathered the things I needed for my walk (beads for counting > laps, my oximeter, my ipod etc), stood up and started out briskly around > the track. I got about half way around the track (only about 200 or so > feet) and my legs felt like lead and I was gasping. I looked down at my > tank and realized it was OFF. Dumb, dumb dumb. Checked my sat....68. Not > good. Plopped myself in the nearest chair and just breathed. Fortunately > for my stupid self my recovery time from stuff like this is still very > rapid. In less than a minute I was back up over 90. Thank God. > > > > There's no moral to this story....just an illustration of how easy it > is for me to get distracted and forget to do something like turn my O2 > to an appropriate setting. (anything would have been better than OFF! > LOL) > > > > Beth > > Moderator > > Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 , I've been outside on the portable Helios and just started to walk away as if I was inside and attached to the long tubing...I did not have the Helios on my shoulder or waist.. Just started walking and the damn thing just fell off the table! It certainly got my attention! It didn't break! I bet we all can tell our varied" self-hanging" stories. I've been on O2 for 4+ years and I continue to "hang" myself on kitchen cabinet knobs and door handles daily! I guess it's just part of the whole deal! Z fibriotic NSIP/05 Z 65, fibriotic NSIP/05/PA And “mild” PH/10/07 No, NSIP was not self-inflicted…I never smoked! Potter, reader,carousel lover and MomMom to Darah and Sara “I’m gonna be iron like a lion in Zion” Bob Marley Vinca Minor-periwinkle is my flower Lainfiesta wrote: ok, been there, done that!! Now, what I hate is when you have the canula attached to your face, the oxygen turned on and for what ever reason you forget that the hose does end and you do that three stooges whip your head back thing! Usually accompanied by the delightful sound of "uugghhh". Case in point, this week have some help in the garden, at all ends of the garden, at the same time. I keep trying to "supervise" and in the process, think that I will end up with whiplash trying to walk away from my tank. I could probably pass it off casually if my darling children wouldn't start laughing so hard! lol. Life continues to be interesting. Later, IPF/NSIP 08 NC From: Bruce <brucemoreland (AT) gmail (DOT) com> Subject: Re: Oooops To: Breathe-Support Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 9:40 PM Oh my worst one. I often just put my cannula around my neck and take it out of my nose. So sometimes I turn the oxygen on, stand, start walking. Wonder why I'm getting short of breath so fast and realize the oxygen is on but the cannula isn't in my nose. > > > > Did something pretty dumb today. I was at the gym, taking a break > between floor class and walking. While I was just sitting there I had my > O2 turned off as my sats stay up for quite awhile if I'm at rest (20 > minutes or so). > > So I gathered the things I needed for my walk (beads for counting > laps, my oximeter, my ipod etc), stood up and started out briskly around > the track. I got about half way around the track (only about 200 or so > feet) and my legs felt like lead and I was gasping. I looked down at my > tank and realized it was OFF. Dumb, dumb dumb. Checked my sat....68. Not > good. Plopped myself in the nearest chair and just breathed. Fortunately > for my stupid self my recovery time from stuff like this is still very > rapid. In less than a minute I was back up over 90. Thank God. > > > > There's no moral to this story....just an illustration of how easy it > is for me to get distracted and forget to do something like turn my O2 > to an appropriate setting. (anything would have been better than OFF! > LOL) > > > > Beth > > Moderator > > Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 i took the knobs off of the the problem doors and drawers in the kitchen -- there is nothing for the tube to get caught on in the kitchen re: cabinets problem in the kitchen is the island -- i have to walk around the island from different ends depending on which part of the kitchen i want to go to Pink Joyce R (IPF 3/06) IFA 5/09 Pennsylvania Donate Life Listed 1/09 Inactive 4/09 www.transplantfund.org--- Subject: Re: OooopsTo: Breathe-Support Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 3:09 AM Our couch had a T cushion that used to catch my concentrator tubing. We got a new couch and I didn’t even think about it at first, but it doesn’t have the T cushion and it is so nice to walk by and not have the tubing grabbed. The kitchen cabinets annoyed me so much, that yesterday I bought new drawer and door handles that are smooth. I have 16. I finished 7 and I have 3 more that are low. Some of the screws were in so tight, I think whoever put the first ones in didn’t get the holes straight or exactly lined up correctly. I have 3 more to do that are down low, then I think I will see if I can hire the neighbor boy to do the ones on top. Probably will only take him about 10 minutes to do what took me a long time. LOL Now if I can stop closing the refrigerator door on the tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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