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(Message started by: Brassbear on Feb 28^th, 2003, 1:59pm)

Title: jonny, you're gonna love this...
Post by Brassbear on Feb 28^th, 2003, 1:59pm

The O2 man was just here and got me set up. He saw my regulator that Jonny made for me on the tank. Guess what he said? The medical tanks and the welding tanks are filled by the same people and have the same purity levels. :o

And more BS, in Indiana you DO have to have a script for a non-rebreather mask. The O2 man took care of that for me too! ;D

HUH! Go figure!LOL!

There ya go bro, another feather fer yer cap!

Hope I don't need this crap for too much longer... sigh.

Michael

Title: Re: jonny, you're gonna love this...
Post by jonny on Feb 28^th, 2003, 3:06pm

on 02/28/03 at 13:59:33, Brassbear wrote:

Guess what he said? The medical tanks and the welding tanks are filled by the same people and have the same purity levels. :o

Ive been telling people this for a looong time ;D

..........................jonny :D

Title: Re: jonny, you're gonna love this...
Post by kissmyglass on Feb 28^th, 2003, 5:17pm

I've been sucking welding O2 for a couple weeks or so, don't know how much as I have a welding regualtor but I'm still here & my head didn't explode ...yet. Aborted every attack except one which I probably got to too late.

Whodathunk after all the shit I did back in the old days, I'd be worrying about abusing Oxygen :).....Anyway thanks again for helping Jonny!

Kev C

Title: Re: jonny, you're gonna love this...
Post by Roxy on Feb 28^th, 2003, 5:26pm

on 02/28/03 at 17:17:51, kissmyglass wrote:

don't know how much as I have a welding regualtor but I'm still here & my head didn't explode ...yet

Kev.....I hear you on that. I started 02 on New Year's Eve....don't know how much I'm getting, but like you, I'm still here.

One thing my husband did with mine. He ran the hose through the wall for me, so the tank stays outside in the cold. Seems to help a little. All I have in the bedroom is a shut-off valve, tubing and mask.

One of these days I hope to get a medical regulator, but guess I don't really need it.

Tracey

BTW, Michael...down here you have to have a script for a mask too. Some very kind people named Cerebus, Woobie and Mr. Happy took care of that for me!!! ;D :-* :-*

Title: Re: jonny, you're gonna love this...
Post by jonny on Feb 28^th, 2003, 5:34pm

Its why I am here, Kev.

To share what works for me and to learn all I can incase what works stops.

I love this family!!! ;D

...........................jonny

Title: Re: jonny, you're gonna love this...
Post by SommelierCH on Mar 1^st, 2003, 9:14am

Hey jonny,

Don’t you think Roxy and Kev C need some kind of calibrated regulator? If nothing else just to keep from wasting O2? Mine only goes up to 15 lpm, and at times I wished it was more. Is there some sort of break even point, or does the non-rebreather mask function as a regulator?

David J.

P.S. Michael, I’m happy for you man.

Title: Re: jonny, you're gonna love this...
Post by Frank on Mar 1^st, 2003, 9:30am

on 03/01/03 at 09:14:15, SommelierCH wrote:

I found a nice 15Lpm medical regulator on ebay for $45.

Title: i'll sing it again
Post by rumplestiltskin on Mar 1^st, 2003, 9:38am

...i'll say it again....might as well...since i know nothing about 98% of the drugs and treatments at this site....i might as well chime in about the few things i do know.

Because new uninformed clusterfolks arrive daily some things just deserve repeating. Because some buds are dense and simple minded some things are worth clarifying.

To propely treat a Clusterheadache with Oxygen one must breath in 100% O2 with EVERY breath ...thus the special mask and bag which allows no outside air in and has lil valves which are supposed to insure this happens.

My present mask and many of my previous ones suck. The intake check valve leaks so that when I exhale some of it wants to go back into the bag. I have to pull it away from my face with each exhale to prevent this.I have a thick scraggly beard so then I must push the mask tightly to my face each inhale to keep air from filtering in around the edges because of my bush...and all that while running in place! A true clusterhead will go to any length to make the pain stop ASAP.

Those nose thingy cannule hoses are devices from satan. I first tried O2 because I read about it here. It came with those irritating lil nostril grabbers. Over and over, after a 1/2 hour of unrelenting pain i would tear them from my face and finally claimed "Oxygen does not work fer me"

Someone here finally convinced me that I had to use a non-rebreather mask. That did not abort my CH till I finally went out and got one. That did not abort my CH till I actually used it. Even at the highest flow rate that did not abort my CH because the orifice of the regulator was clogged and the bag wasn't filling fast enough.

It was not until I had the rig set up so that no matter how fast and deep I breathed ...the bag never emptied and I never had to wait for it to fill....then it worked!

My first successful O2 abortion of a CH happened in about 3-5 minutes. Until I die I'll never forget that moment.

Note: I never mentioned flowrates....6LPM...8Lpm...12LPM...20LPM? Folks tell other folks that their "flowrate" is too low. That's just crap. Goadsby said 8 LPM. The number is still unimportant. There is nothing magic about the damn #'s. I'll contradict the Gods by saying that his # is wrong for people who can inhale O2 faster than 8 LPM

To make yer car go....It doesn't matter how big yer gas tank is or how much gasoline is in yer tank...as long as there is enough flowing to keep yer car running no matter how fast you drive.

With O2 we are talking flowrates...not octanes. 20LPM is not "better" than 8LPM. It's all 100% O2.

Using a tight fitting non rebreather mask, the proper amount fer you depends solely on how fast and deep you breath so that the bag never empties and you never have to wait for it to fill....there... I said it again.

I realize telling someone 15 to 20 LPM's is a farely safe bet...but it is misleading...of course... it is easier and simpler than saying all the stuff I just said...hmmm
...nevermind.

good grief
den

Title: Re: i'll sing it again
Post by Roxy on Mar 1^st, 2003, 11:30am

on 03/01/03 at 09:38:59, rumplestiltskin wrote:

Until I die I'll never forget that moment.

Yeah....that was an amazing moment Den :o, I agree....damn near as good as sex...(I would have said better than...but, hubby's watching!) ;) ;D

Wish there was some way I could post a pic of my very first barn scavaged, rigged up mask.....you wouldn't believe it unless you saw it! :)

Title: Re: jonny, you're gonna love this...
Post by JDH on Mar 1^st, 2003, 12:26pm

I'll go ahead and say it Roxy (my wifes not home ;D), it WAS better than sex to slay the beast for the first time using o2. I thought the first time I killed it with Imitrex was a major deal but the o2 has been amazing.
Jim