Hey Don,
We had one of those oxygen meters, my levels were always good, 95-96,
until last week, it was 90. After my chair flipped on the 3^rd , I broke
my clavicle. On the 10th, I was having bad breathing problems. Had to go
the ER. They found a few liters of fluid around my lung.
Was at the ICU in St. Josephs for 8 or 9 days, with chest tubes. But at
least while hooked up to monitors all that time, they found the cause of
my shortness of breath. My heart keeps going into A-Fib. I must have had
it for years. Hopefully heart meds will smooth it out some. The beat
starts to flutter then jumps to 150.
I was going to text you or the List to see if any of you quads were in
the area, but they kept thinking I was going home, but they kept finding
other issues. I wanted to go cruise the Barrows SCI until, but docs
didn’t want me going that far off monitors.
I got up a few times to go outside, but man am I dizzy from being in bed
so much and not eating much.
My shoulder is hurting more now than at first. Not a fun month.
Greg
On 7/16/2018 3:12 PM, Don Price wrote:
Greg:
I sometimes get a similar feeling when I'm hot or my blood pressure is
low (usually due to dehydration.)
I suggest you spend the $15 to $30 for one of those fingertip
oximeters that measures your oxygen level and pulse rate. Use it daily
at first to get a good baseline for you on normal days, then use it
when you feel short of breath to see if you're actually significantly
lower in 02%.
This is one tool that can help you get an idea if something is wrong.
Ask your doctor what a "good" level would be for you and what a
"concerning" level might be. Here's some info I found online (if it's
on the Internet is has to be accurate, right?):
"Here are some general guidelines to understanding oximeter readings
and SpO2 values.
A normal healthy person should be able to achieve normal blood oxygen
saturation levels (SpO2) of 94% to 99%. For patients with mild
respiratory diseases, the SpO2 should be 90% or above. Supplementary
oxygen should be used if SpO2 level falls below 90%, which is
unacceptable for a prolonged period of time."
Best wishes,
Don P
Tempe, AZ
On Wednesday, July 11, 2018, 3:24:54 PM MST, Greg <[email protected]>
wrote:
My breathing has been strange for months now. Like I can’t get a big
enough breath. So I end up taking lots of fast quick breaths. I can
take deep breaths but have to force myself. Wearing a binder really
helped, but hasn’t been helping much lately.
Its mostly when sitting up all the way, or laying down all the way. I
have no idea what kind of doc to see, a lung doc or rehab doc.
Anyone else have this issue?
Greg
