Posted by gary (208.133.217.189) on February 09, 2000 at 23:45:35:
thinking about the apparent big relationship oxygen levels/CH
while trying to do better at stretching the oxygen supply, I noticed my "natural" breathing rhythym seems to be :
inhale
exhale
rest
rest
rest
rest
rest
inhale
exhale
which means, I guess that MOST of the time my lungs are pretty much deflated, which probably can't be the best situation
so, with the 02 I started consciously:
deep inhale
hold
hold
hold
hold
exhale
rest
deep inhale
hold
hold
hold
hold
exhale
rest
inhale
and it did seem to help, as in cut the avg time needed on the 02 to kill the attack, which in turn stretches the O2 supply
only problem is that breathing routine never failed to remind me of old Cheech & Chong routines for some odd reason
and it's tough trying to breathe through a mask and stifle laughsnorts at the same time, hearing Sister Mary Elephant saying "claaaaaas !...claaaaaas!...."