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Jun 18^th, 2009 at 1:37am

To tell the truth i was not 100% sure about O2 working at all, I couldn´t believe that something so simple could do anything to kill this pain. at best i thought i would not get hit so hard or reduce the amount of hits.
well last night 01:15 got woke up with a visit from sharon. Like a lunatic i swiched all the lights on as i made my way franticallly to my O2 bottle. it was allready setup at 15 so just opened the valve and started playing space man in my room. the pain whent upto k7 and all the time im sucking away i was thinking this is stupid and i felt like an idiot. 5 minutes later i got the feeling that sharon couldn´t really get a hold on me and after 10 minutes she had gone. I mean gone, not a trace, nada, nothing. i sat in my living room after smiling like a cat that just got all the cream. I couldn´t believe what had just happened even the triptan didn´t work that quick (around 20 min).

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Thank you all who push O2 and I would just like to say to all the newcomers to this place O2 works Oh and how it works

Mark (official astronaut/deep sea diver)

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Racer1_NC CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline "Well, let's go see." Posts: 4417 Lewisville, NC Gender:	Re: used O2 for the 1st time Reply #1 - Jun 18^th, 2009 at 3:03am Cool beans! I love it when I plan comes together.
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Re: used O2 for the 1st time
Reply #2 - Jun 18^th, 2009 at 3:43am

Of course it worked faster than triptan drops, drops need to be ingested in stomache then the product is gone to liver and then to blood circulation which is slower process, oxygen gets to lungs and then straight to blood circulation and it is way faster, oxygen binds to your red cells and does something to stop pain, probably send more oxygen to the expanding veins that cause pain, or how would oxygen work elsewhere?

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Reply #3 - Jun 18^th, 2009 at 4:00am

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Of course it worked faster than triptan drops

never mentioned drops, i was given maxalt melt tabletts (dissolve on the tongue) effective in 15-20 min. I suffered some side effects (headaches!!!, red rash) i was supposed to take no more than 2 per day for 10 days. i was taking them upto 3 per day for 3 months. now there my emergency backup.

Now the only side effects is a dry mouth for wich i use water Wink

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barry_sword CH.com Alumnus Offline Mountain Biking Keeps Me Sane Posts: 3947 Bracebridge, Canada Gender:	Re: used O2 for the 1st time Reply #4 - Jun 18^th, 2009 at 6:33am Yet another o2 success story
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Jimi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't feed the moderators Posts: 4925 Madisonville, KY Gender:	Re: used O2 for the 1st time Reply #5 - Jun 18^th, 2009 at 11:45am I love reading stories like this. I am happy for you McGee.
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Reply #7 - Jun 30^th, 2009 at 11:42am

update on my application of O2.

1. works in less than 10 minutes
2. the beast doesn´t really seem to get a hold of me while im on O2
3. I only had 2 episodes where O2 didn´t work. the first time i forgot to change the bottle (couldn´t work then) second time (last night) the beast woke me at full force K8 the O2 kept banging the git back down but he had a hold so i hit him with maxalt and ice wich got his claws out of me.
4. i have a 2L bottle (easy to transport) and i can get refills in 24 hours upto 6 bottles at a time wich cost me 10 euros (around 10 dollars) 1 bottle is enough for 2 hits.

so far so good, for all the new guys and some of the old guys of course not forgetting the girly´s

get O2 its a miracle worker

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thebbz Ex Member	Re: used O2 for the 1st time Reply #8 - Jun 30^th, 2009 at 1:26pm I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll beat that beast down. the bb
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Reply #9 - Jun 30^th, 2009 at 2:48pm

Mark,

Woo Hoo!!! Another oxygen therapy success story... I love it!

With astronaut and diver qualifications (Astronauts do it higher and divers do it deeper... Roll Eyes

), you've got to be up on aerospace/aviation and diving physiology... Wait until you try oxygen therapy at flow rates that support hyperventilation... ≥25 liters/minute. A minute or two at that respiration rate and you'll push your system into respiratory alkalosis and that will cut your abort times in half...

Check your PM.

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Re: used O2 for the 1st time
Reply #10 - Jun 30^th, 2009 at 7:19pm

Yes, I tend to be a bit zealous about O2, but I have to jump in behind Pete on this. I’ve been chronic for over 13 years and O2 “didn’t work for me” for many years.

Once I discovered hyperventilating with 100% O2, my whole life changed. For me, that’s 45-60 lpm.

I know that many people report great success with low flow rates, but I see waaaay too many people reporting lousy results because of the standard 8-15 lpm flow. (Yes, I also know that it doesn’t work for a small fraction of real Clusterheads.

If anyone is serious about stopping the agony – don’t tackle it halfway. I see people saying that they "would do anything" to get relief, but then they don't..........

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Reply #11 - Jul 3^rd, 2009 at 9:01am

just had a hell of a week behind me, averaging 2 hits a night then up for work at 04:15. sleep deprevation is a real scream, nothing like sitting on my balcony at 3 in the morning and trying to decide if i risk going back to bed or not Cry

reminds me of my army days, didn´t have much choice then either. it´s the beast or my warrant officer screaming in my head lol. been using the O2 at 25 flow rate wich is working nicely just need to find a way to stop getting visited by the beast and the world will be rosey again Cry

so night shift next week so i can fully expect a hit or two in work wich will be fun. found myself a nice corner in the toilet where i won´t be desturbed. just have to answer a few funny questions from the guys in work Grin

thanks guys (and girls) keep your chin/chins up and remember life is like a box of chocolates. Full of Nuts Grin

Mark (biggest nut of them all)

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Reply #12 - Jul 8^th, 2009 at 1:57pm

here is the latest update.

my new mask arrived this morning and im all excited thanks to Batch for the info you sent me i cant wait to give it a go (actually i can wait lol). also there is a conference just down the road in cologne next month wich i am going to attend thanks Gizmo i will hopefully see you there.

today is a good day, just need to win the lottery and my day will be complete.

mark (like a kid at christmas)

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