[Paul narang]

Dear Robert, I am 88 years old man I have had IPF for the last 6 years I ‘ve experienced similar situation in my 5th year of illness I was 3.0 ltrs per min. As follows is what helped me to deal with the situation.
1.increasing the rate of oxygen is not the answer to the problem.
2. I’ve discovered a breathing technique which is called pursed lips breathing and the details of this are from Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care . Leaflet No. GL-02 How to cope with being short of breath-breathing exercises.(www.acprc.org.uk)
3. Also in this leaflet you will find breathing control exercise.
4. I have added myself a chest expansion exercise using pursed lips breathing and breathing control.
5. For the last one year I have improved my SP02 it is still at 91 and I can walk more than 1 KM with oxygen at 3 litres per min. I am under palliative care and my wife has assisted in writing this reply hope this information is useful to you.
sincerely Paul. UK