Karen Martin

[Karen Martin]

One more thing to consider right now is where you live.  Although I live in SW Virginia, the smoke from the fires out west and in Canada has made it all the way here and affected the air quality.  I have been staying inside because of it, but you might also want to be checking things like pollen counts and air quality reports.  I have coughing at times too, but would never expected that the smoke from so far away would affect me here.

[Karen Martin]

This question is a little different, but since you all are high oxygen users I am hoping you will have some answers for me.  I can use less oxygen when I am sitting quietly, but I need 10L when I am up and about.  I have my home concentrator in a central part of the house, not right next to me because of the noise and heat it puts out.  I don’t turn it down when I sit down to relax because I then often forget to turn it back up when I am up and about.  My question is, do you think this is a problem?  Am I making myself more dependent on higher rates of oxygen by doing this?  Any suggestions?

[Karen Martin]

I love Aquaphor, but the main ingredient in it is petrolatum, which is “a byproduct of petroleum refining”  Good for lots of things but maybe not here?

[Karen Martin]

I have also found myself coughing after eating, mostly in the evenings.  I will sometimes take something like Tums and it seems to help.  I regularly take Prilosec but it doesn’t always seem to cover the evening meal.

[Karen Martin]

Lnour/Loai, I have found cottage cheese to be pretty helpful with the GI issues.  I also eat chicken and tuna fairly often as my protein.  At other times I will drink Boost protein drinks.  They come in handy when I don’t want much  volume but still need something.  I hope these suggestions will help you, too.  🙂

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