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.
@Gibbon 88-92 sounds exhausting, I’m sorry. I can’t relax, it just feels like constant gasping. My asthma is normally under control and I’m normally at 98
@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.
