Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Posted April 28, 2006 I saw my pulmonologist today because I feel like I'm not getting enough oxygen...I'm currently on 4 liters. They had me walk a little and my pulse ox dropped to 87. He says there's not anything to do to make me feel better, except give me more oxygen. So he wrote a prescription for 6 liters. Is anyone else on 6? He also said that he thinks that 4 liters is as high as you can go with the portable that delivers oxygen only when you inhale. I thought I would search around and see if that's true. I know the more oxygen you need, the less portable you are....the other thing I told him was that my nose is so stuffed up at night, that I can't breathe. I know the pollen count is really high in this area now...so he gave me Nasonex. Hopefully, that will allow me to breathe at night. Last night, I kept waking up cause my nose was clogged....I would sit up for a bit so my sinuses could drain, but then when I laid down, they will fill back up. I was so tired, I even tried to sleep with the nasal cannula in my mouth!!! Of course, that didn't work....I don't know what I was thinking!! If any of you are on 6 liters, can you let me know what type of portable you have? --Diane Quinlan dianequinlan@... Quote
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