OxygenMobility

11/22/2025

Working on a website is not my forté! I think it’s time to call in for reinforcements. I hadn’t realized that something was shut off on the site (the “Metaverse” is always changing) and I missed it. I have no idea how long it has been off but it’s back on!! I am always learning but as technology moves and grows so fast, it’s hard to keep up with all of the new options and changes. Suffice it to say if there have been any attempts to connect, my apologies!! I am still here.

07/01/2025

Anyone with lungs can get lung cancer. Dr. Bryant Lin—a non-smoker, doctor and researcher—was diagnosed with stage IV at 50. Instead of giving up, he turned his diagnosis into a mission to educate and inspire others.

Read his story: https://on.lung.org/3Ezw8bj

07/01/2025

I recently saw a short video of Patrick Dempsey talking about care givers. He highlighted the need to make sure you take care of yourself too (with his mom going through treatments for cancer and all that entails), but the same can be said of other health issues like COPD.

I will try to get it over here as it is valid!
Take care all! You can’t pour energy from an empty cup, so make sure you take care of yourself too. 🫂

12/24/2024

Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄🎅
Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas. 🎁

❤️🫂
Stay safe .

Oxygen Mobility

12/15/2024

Further your PR knowledge by achieving the AARC/AACVPR Pulmonary Rehabilitation Certificate! 🫁🎓 Learn more about the course and order today: https://buff.ly/49qXjjb

12/05/2024

CAREGIVERS, reminder as it is the time of year of dry weather… nasal spray (saline mist) -NOT Vaseline can help with dry nose.
Humidifiers too.
If ears are getting tender, wrapping the cannulas with soft cloth or gauze can help.

For stuffy nose, there is a Vicks (or generic) menthol “tube” that you put in your nostril and inhale… who’s is also helpful.

Don’t forget to switch out the cannulas tubes every other week! Bacteria builds up and can cause illness.

10/29/2024

Often I hear this.
A short time span and then people live many years later.
We need more resources invested in research and treatment!!

Ted Koppel and his wife, Grace Anne Dorney Koppel — who was told she only had a few years left to live after her 2001 COPD diagnosis — work to save lives by providing access to pulmonary rehab

10/22/2024

Thank a respiratory therapist this week! This Respiratory Care Week, and every week, we’re grateful for these healthcare workers that help people breathe easier and improve lung health awareness. 💙

Visit Lung.org to support our vision of a world free of lung disease.

10/22/2024

I have been working my regular “9-5” at a hospital for the last year+ and am just so grateful for all of the questions and ability to help family members/caregivers.
Whether it is questions to ask their doctors or Pulmonary Therapits or even their oxygen suppliers.
However I have neglected posting here. I am sorry for that. The hospital finances are complicated and take a lot of time. But things are clearing up and getting better.

I look forward to posting questions. And hearing from you all! Feel free to visit anytime oxygenmobility.com
❤️

07/24/2024

Smoke, any smoke… be it bar-b-que or grass or camp… all are destructive for someone with COPD. Sometimes you can’t control it. Sometimes you can.
Stay safe!! 🫂
For those new to COPD, please visit my site for helpful tips on things like traveling on O2. Oxygenmobility.com
If you are looking for a better tank bag… I have that covered too!

The air in the Portland metro area could get smoky on Tuesday but not as bad as the wildfires of 2020, which darkened the skies and turned the sun blood

06/21/2024

The hot days make it so much more dangerous!!

As we enter Wildfire Awareness Month, we take a closer look at the dangerous trend toward more frequent and intense spikes in particle pollution levels due to wildfires and what can be done to protect people’s health.

04/13/2024