Guest guest Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 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 Beth Oh, I've done that so many times but I do catch on a little quicker than you did most of the time. My biggest time doing it is in restaurants or doctors offices and I get up, put my portable on my shoulder, but forget to flip the setting. Normally I'm walking but not as briskly as you probably were. Sure doesn't take much to drop it way down though. Less that a minute and I'm deep into the 70's and it hits me something is wrong. I stop and turn it way up until I recover. > > 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 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 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...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Happens to me all the time! Curse myself and move on! Geeta > > 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...
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