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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Using supplemental oxygen in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 17 hours, 22 minutes ago

    Frank — For me, the smaller tanks are a better solution anyway, at least if you have a home-fill system (definitely ask about that). The POC is mostly for times when I think I’ll need greater time duration than a tank allows, since it can be plugged into car 12V or home 120V.

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Using supplemental oxygen in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 1 day, 13 hours ago

    This is a very good point, and I never thought of it until you said it:

     When using a POC, please be aware that most likely all of the ones currently on the market DO NOT filter out VIRUSES… Therefore, those POC’s are taking O2 directly from the surrounding air and delivering it directly into your lungs unfiltered. This completely negates the use…

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Using supplemental oxygen in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 1 day, 13 hours ago

    I have used my Inogen solely for up to two weeks on a trip where I was unable to arrange for a stationary unit. I didn’t love it, but it served. On a recent 3-week trip to Puerto Rico, I just called around until I found a place that could rent me a 5LPM unit for the duration. It worked out fine. Cost a couple of hundred bucks.

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Symptoms vs O2 levels in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 1 week, 1 day ago

    There can be other factors at play, as well. It wasn’t until a year after my diagnosis that I was told to get an echocardiagram, to see if I had pulmonary hypertension. That resulted in further testing, which revealed that I have a small opening between the right and left atria of my heart, resulting in less blood going to the lungs than should be…[Read more]

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Using supplemental oxygen in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 1 week, 1 day ago

    What others said; you definitely would do well to have O2. Re the portable concentrators, none of them provide the flow rate of a home unit. Stephen, you mentioned the Caire unit, but it does not provide up to 5 LPM. Here’s a quote from their website:

    “With 5 settings and up to 1050mL of oxygen per minute,” which means it has an arbitrary setting…[Read more]

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Leaving the house on 4LPM oxygen? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 2 months ago

    Yes, I am on a home-fill system provided by the company that supplies my big concentrator. It works quite well. I have a small tank, good for about an hour at pulse-5, and a larger tank that lasts a good bit longer. Either one can go in a regular backpack, with some bubble wrap jammed around it to hold it steady. It doesn’t entirely replace the…[Read more]

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Leaving the house on 4LPM oxygen? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 2 months ago

    >> Inogen One G5 portable concentrator that goes to 5 liters on demand

    Again, that’s not really 5 liters. It’s just setting 5, and the actual amount delivered is considerably less than 5 L. It’s very confusing, and I wish they had come up with a better way of measuring these things. Even my pulmonologist was confused by it.

     

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Leaving the house on 4LPM oxygen? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 2 months, 1 week ago

    Randy, I wonder if your Inogen is malfunctioning. Have you seen any alerts on the screen? I recently had to replace the sieve columns in mine. (Very easy to do. I bought mine directly from Inogen.) There’s a very distinctive icon that appears on the screen when the columns are spent.

    Do you see the little green light flash every time you take a breath?

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Leaving the house on 4LPM oxygen? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Your Inogen goes to #6. That is not the same as 6LPM, and in fact is quite a bit less, because it is pulsed delivery. (I have the same model.) There is no direct correlation between LPM and the numbers you see on pulsed devices. They are different scales.

    My own experience suggests that 5 on my Inogen does not give me as much boost as 4LPM on my…[Read more]

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Starting out with Esbriet in the forum Esbriet (Pirfenidone) 3 months, 1 week ago

    I’m 73 and have been on Pirfenidone (Esbriet) for a few months now. I had trouble at first, mainly with fatigue and my sleep being messed up. I paused at 6 tabs/day, cut back to 4 for a couple of weeks, and then started increasing. It went better the second time, and I’m now taking the full dose of 9/day. I still get some fatigue, but overall it’s…[Read more]

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Are air purifiers helpful? in the forum Living with Pulmonary Fibrosis: 50+ 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    We just purchased (for two apartments) two of these filters from National Allergy:
    https://www.natlallergy.com/advanced-hepa-air-purifier.html

    It’s a less expensive (store-brand, essentially) version of the Austin filter that an air quality inspector recommended for our…[Read more]

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Heal scar tissue – Is it possible? 2nd zoom call in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    I did not see a Dropbox link to the recording of the session. Could that be put up here for all to see, please? Thanks.

     

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Esbriet and coughing in the forum Esbriet (Pirfenidone) 5 months, 1 week ago

    I have a similar cough. It’s the same now as it was before I started Esbriet about 2 months ago. It has improved a little since I got serious about following at least one of the things they tell you about reflux: I no longer eat within a couple of hours before going to bed. (Dang.) I also notice that I’m more likely to start coughing if I’m off…[Read more]

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    Jeffrey Carver replied to the topic Leaving the house on 4LPM oxygen? in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 5 months, 1 week ago

    My own solution doesn’t seem to have been mentioned. I do have an Inogen 5, and like others, I quickly learned that it was not enough for active outings such as walking the dogs. I’m generally at 4 LPM at home when active, and settings of 4, or even 5 or 6, on the Inogen are not the same. The numeric settings on the portable concentrators are NOT…[Read more]

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      Christie Patient replied 4 months, 4 weeks ago

      A belated welcome to the PF forums Jeffrey, we’re glad you found us.

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