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Hello to all my fellow bronchi friends, I havent been on the forum for a few weeks now, just wondered how everyone is doing with the warm weather. I am feeling very tired and breathing is a nightmare ! I was becoming so lazy to go out, that I bought a puppy which forces me to go out walks a couple of times a day. It is said excercise is good for us !
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Sparkright marion49836
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the concentrator was prescribed by the hospital. Unfortunately, the GPs are not allowed to prescribe home Oxygen. In addition I have a portable oxygen cylinder which I fill up before going out. All very useful.
i am off to see a consultant today to see if my breathlessness is related to some new complication!
best wishes
pomodoros Sparkright
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I am also on home oxygen. What system and make do you have? My partner is sometimes disturbed by the noise of the machine and he says there is a strange smell that could be the oxygen or the machine. Has your solution got any of these problems? He is coming to the UK later this month and wants to research better options.
Sparkright pomodoros
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The Oxygen tank that I have is liquid oxygen. I fill up a portable oxygen container made by Helios, and the model is Marathon. We find this easier to handle than the metal Oxygen tank, which was heavy and cumbersome. The Helios product has both continuous as well as a on-demand option, so can easily last for about six hours. However, the downside is that the oxygen evaporates and this empties the tank overnight!
The main concentrator is made by Invacare, and the model is Perfecto. This is much better than the first machine we had which was noisy, and had started to smell. When the engineer checked it out, he found that the chemican catalyst that extracts oxygen had leaked, thus giving less concentration as well as the smell!
We also have a portable concentrator that can be used in the car - this is made by Philips (model Respironics) - a really neat machine.
Hope this helps.
pomodoros Sparkright
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My partner had put a blanket over the machine to muffle the sound but I am sure this was not a good idea.
Either way he will be in the UK soon and will research the wonderful options you have given me. Thank you for taking the time to give me such important information.
Life becomes such a fine blend of elements.
marion49836 Sparkright
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