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murielm99

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Wed Jan 1, 2025, 12:43 PM Jan 2025

Does anyone here use a pulse oximeter? [View all]

My primary doc told me to get one. She is not doing anything else to help me when I tell her I can't breathe. The pulmonologist is no better.

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Got one during Covid. no_hypocrisy Jan 2025 #1
I keep on having a 94% Oxygen reading PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2025 #10
It really depends. Katnip. Jan 26 #12
I have one, but evemac Jan 2025 #2
I'm so sorry XanaDUer2 Jan 2025 #3
Yes. They're not expensive. Normal reading is 95-100%. Below 92%, you should see a doctor. surfered Jan 2025 #4
I have one and use it and B/P cuff at least twice a day. multigraincracker Jan 2025 #5
do you have history of afib? Grasswire2 Feb 16 #13
No. I have a. Pacemaker for slow heartbeat. multigraincracker Feb 17 #14
I, too, have a pacemaker for bradycardia. Grasswire2 Feb 21 #15
I do and have since I got interstitial lung disease CanonRay Jan 2025 #6
common problem w docs. mopinko Jan 2025 #8
Yes! pandr32 Jan 2025 #7
i dont, but it's my fave medical gizmo. mopinko Jan 2025 #9
Yes, and it's great Lulu KC Jan 2025 #11
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