Since your CHs are still 40-50 minutes I'd really consider changing to using the standard high flow rate oxygen set up as you'll probably see the duration drop to under 10 minutes.

There is no way I'd want to change my oxygen cylinder / 25lmp regulator / non-rebreather mask for a concentrator now I'm used to what it can do.

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i would consider a breaking news if what i said already proves right in the passage of time as the concentrator has already been dismissed as not helping at all.
Of course i ll have to wait much longer as i said to see what are the precise results.
if you read my post i already know what is suggested.
i am just posting this with caution myself as comparison between no O2 at all and the concentrator and not of course what you are using(o2 is not cheap at all.it is just cheaper than imitrex and we don't all have welders where we live.)
so i am doing this for myself of course and for others who might be in the same situation with being as much accurate as possible

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I get the feeling that a language/culture gap may be affecting the dialogue here...?

Black, it appears to me that the responders are just hoping you could get the fast effective results like they are with their high LPM systems, and they probably (like me) haven't been keeping track of what's available or affordable for you where you live.

2 months renting a concentrator last cycle ended up costing us $900 sine our insurance wouldn't cover it. Helped a little ( kept ha to 7s) but never aborted them. ( prescribed by doctor even, that was a tough pill to swallow!)

I really wished it had worked; empty o2 tank at night isn't fun. Let us know how the experiment works, i'm curious if the right mask will up the success rate.

black wrote on Oct 17^th, 2010 at 1:48pm:


Black, I'm confused. You are "just now" ordering a non-rebreather mask, and yet that is a key component of effective O2 treatment. Does this mean you have not really been able to implement high flow rate O2 (15lpm or higher) using a non-rebreather mask as the O2 tip suggests? And if not, why try something else instead of the full gear we have found so effective?

Well, it's your head.

Let us know how it goes.

Best,

George

Lets see, we had the concentrator from March to May 2008, so we had it almost his entire cycle. He'd have to stay on it for the duration of his headache and like I said before it only kept them to around a 7, but we all know that is a BIG difference from a 10! It worked like that through the entire cycle, so I don't think it just his cycle morphing. He'd get hit really badly when he was away from it.

It was exhausting though, he'd be up 3 times a night with them during the peak and have to ride the whole ha out. Given the choice we'd go with the welding oxygen and melatonin, but if it was all that was available I'd do the concentrator again. Even the slightest relief from these things is worth it!

I'm so sorry about what you're going through, we can all sympathize with tough times. (Hell, as 2 poor college kids my husband and I lived off of beans for a week! Also so poor we couldn't buy dogfood- so the dog ate beans as well. Yeah, I slept on the couch that week- I let those 2 have the bed to themselves!)

It's always been a comfort to me that everything changes- bad times don't stay bad forever, and good times are to be enjoyed more because of it! Hang in there. Yup, got all deep on ya 1 sentence after joking about dog farts! Well, that's who I am, I guess!

You're welcome! Hope this keeps your headaches manageable for you, fingers crossed!