I have COPD, so they say, and use a once a day inhaler. My normal has been 88-92 for at least the past 5 years. I went to war with several doctors who wanted to send me home with oxygen after my stroke therapy 6 weeks after Vickie passed. I kept telling them a low of 88 was normal for me. I was connected to a constant monitor. With the help of 2 therapists I won the war. They had me focus on my breathing technique while working out. One day one of the doctors battling me came into the gym which they never did and checked my monitor which I looked at with a smile and handed to him. It said 97. He asked the therapist what the oxygen bottle level was set to. She said oh it's been on zero since he's been out of his room. Lol I WIN. It hasn't been there again since that day but I learned how, and you can too, get my oxygen levels up. Stress works against you. Relaxing your mind and deep breathing in your nose and out your mouth especially with exercise can bring it up. I'm very sedentary these days but levels stay at that 88-92 normal.
@itsok Well if your normal is 98 I can understand you feeling that way. I really do believe however if you do breathing exercises and RELAX while doing them you will feel better and your number will go up.
@fun4us2b Yes I don't have the worries itsok is discussing in this thread. That battle in the hospital was a victory like completing a Mt Everest climb. Two of the doctors had me so pissed because they weren't listening. I was thankful to the therapists working with me and observing me. They were secretly playing with the levels of my oxygen feed because I was so stressed arguing with the doctors. I was creating tension and stress on myself and they got me out of that place mentally.
I got Influenza A on the 21st and I went down SO fast in a matter of hours. The nebs weren't working and I ended up on a Bi-pap in the ER for several hours then a mutli-day hospital stay.
@itsok it's a tough virus. My husband and kid had it first, and neither are asthmatic but damn it's been like 2 weeks for hb and he's still wheezing worse than me. It totally kicked our butts.
Just keep an eye on your 02%...it can tank so fast and it's so scary. You're in my thoughts. 🙏
@itsok it might work. But for me it was so severe i had to take steps. No mirrors. No touching. Any wound or sore had to be patched up with a star patch or a bigger one. Inwas clean fornanyear and 7 months. I did shave my eyebrows off. So my face is kinda naked.
@itsok you're welcome, it's been a horrible time for it. My daughter hasn't had to use her nebulizer in so very long, but I had to give her a treatment last week.
@BlueVeins yeah. I called out on the 26th. I went in on the 27th and had to leave because I was too sick. That’s when I went to the dr. And I worked Saturday Sunday and Monday too. I’m off today and tomorrow
@pripyatamusementpark I’m doing the nebulizer and inhaler, keeping the heat low, trying to clear everything I can. I hate the coughing but know how bad it can get if I don’t clear mucus. I’ve been doing baths every night too. Mornings are the worst. This morning I woke up at 3am and spent half an hour having an attack til I vomited. Fell back asleep at 4 and was back awake at 7 to do it again
@itsok .. I sincerely hope you're much better now. If someone hasn't already said it, Mucinex is really good for working up phlem. At least it's worked for me really well. I to have breathing issues.
