Sorry to take so long to get back to you, I'm having trouble learning the site, and it just occurred to me to check my own stats~!

My current need for oxygen is from a rare form of "hardening of the arteries",, tho it's called idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. It has already caused some enlargement of the right ventricle, before I requested oxygen. I'm currently on 5 liters per minute, constant flow, and that keeps me good unless i get active and forget to increase the flow. I do sometimes let my blood oxy levels fall into the 80's, but seldom into the 70's, and never for long, since i see spots and get a splitting headache from it. I do use the little finger Pulse/Oxymeter regularly, often even. I like to guess what it's going to say before i read it LOL! My "normal" O2 levels all my life were 98%. The docs seemed to resent that, i don't know why (probably because i was a smoker for 30 yrs).

Recently i have had to admit that i have developed "hay fever", allergies. I don't know what causes it, since I have it in the winter also. I hope it's not my cats! I have heard that allergies can come with age, too. I am 60 yrs old now, and far too young to be this old!

I just have this feeling that there is something wrong, and I can't put my finger on it,,, but I am almost always right, and when it comes to the brain, i'd like to be proactive in finding the problem and then finding some panacea for it. I am familiar with TMI's and ischemic somethings, I can detect no signs of mini-strokes, no loss of muscle tone, no slurring of speech, etc.; just the word substitution and dyslexia when typing. You would not believe how many corrections I have had to make typing this post. (Ifyout really saw how i type you would be laughing your behinds off .)

Thanks for the replys, tho,. I will continue to monitor and observe. I trust myself far more than any doc,,, just wish they would let me play with their toys~!