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ClusterChuck

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Oxygen Usage
Jan 16^th, 2009 at 5:16pm

I got into a discussion with some fellow clusterheads, and we were trying to figure out the oxygen usage that we experience.

I get 4 "M" tanks and 6 or 8 "E" tanks, for each delivery. Depending on my cycle status, those could last me a month. BUT there have been times where they have only lasted a week. So, I guess, I would have to say, my "normal" oxygen usage is 4 "M" and 6 "E" per month.

My question to you is, what is your oxygen usage per month?

Chuck

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CAUTION: Do NOT smoke when using or around oxygen. Oxygen can permeate your clothing or bedding. Wait, before lighting cigarette or flame.

Keep fire extinguisher available, and charged.

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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #1 - Jan 16^th, 2009 at 7:52pm I can't go by per month as my cycle lasts about 40 days, but if I'm at the peak of my cycle, I go through 1 M tank every 3 days. Otherwise, toward the end of my cycle, it can take upwards of 5-6 days to empty one.
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Ray CH.com Alumnus Offline Ray Posts: 1996 Columbus, Ohio Gender:	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #2 - Jan 16^th, 2009 at 7:57pm Chuck: During "High" season, I can go through 6-8 E tanks, during "Low" season I go through only 1 or 2. Wishing you well, Ray
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Re: Oxygen Usage
Reply #3 - Jan 16^th, 2009 at 11:52pm

I was refreshing my Visual Basic skills and have plotted my oxygen consumption over the past 10 years (the time I'm chronic):

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In the top graph each red line represents the delivery of a 20 liter tank. (As an user of rational units it's easy to calculate: 20 liter at 200 bar give 4000 liter at ambient pressure

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In the bottom graph the blue area represents the approximate consumption rate. Approximat since I always have 2 tanks and sometimes order a new one if the other is still half full.

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Re: Oxygen Usage
Reply #4 - Jan 17^th, 2009 at 1:29am

chronic

4-6 tanks a month, that is an av. of 5 tanks a month a tank is 20 lt. at 200 bar, yield 4000 liters at ambient pressure, I use per day just about 30 mints at 22liters/minute is 660 lt. per day so 30 days in av. A month gives 19800lt. a month, 5 tanks yield 20000lt.
Since I use the ONS (occipital Nerve stimulation) I have stopped all preventive medicines, the only “substance” I use for my CH episodes (about 1.5 episodes a day) is O2, so that is why the high O2 consumption.

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DennisM1045 CH.com Alumnus Offline One wave at a time! Posts: 3437 Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Gender:	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #5 - Jan 18^th, 2009 at 11:04am When I'm in cycle it's about 2 m-tanks and 14 e-tanks a month. -Dennis-
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thebbz Ex Member	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #6 - Jan 19^th, 2009 at 11:35am Episodic. I have gone from dust on the bottle to 2 K-tanks a week. 240 cu.ft. in three days is my personal best. That sucked. Even the memory sucks. the bb
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Re: Oxygen Usage
Reply #7 - Jan 20^th, 2009 at 9:46am

It varies depending on high or low cycles.

I have gone through 4 E tanks in a day and other times 4-6 tanks could last me 2 weeks.

There are periods where they have collected dust for nearly 3 weeks then shabang I'm living it up in my own personal oxygen bar for months on end.

Who the hell knows. I honestly just make a call and Apria delivers.

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Jeannie CH.com Sponsor Offline Live, Laugh, Love.... Posts: 2333 St Louis, Missouri Gender:	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #8 - Jan 20^th, 2009 at 4:46pm Okay...If you have not used 02 yet...how much should I ask for when I get my script? I am scheduled in Feb to go to the Ryan HA Center. (Thanks Beth, Paul and Kim). Chuck, I'll tell ya how much I use once I start using it. I pray it will work for me. Jeannie
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Chris Morrow CH.com Veteran Offline Messin' with Sasquatch Posts: 100 Asheville, NC Gender:	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #9 - Jan 20^th, 2009 at 5:39pm I have a G tank. I've gone through 2/3 of it in 2 weeks. It sucked carrying it up the stairs and into the house.
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UnderTheRadar CH.com Old Timer Offline Literally Posts: 383 Texas Gender:	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #10 - Jan 20^th, 2009 at 9:06pm Anybody mind if I make a chart of everyone's usage? I'll leave the names off.
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Re: Oxygen Usage
Reply #11 - Jan 20^th, 2009 at 9:23pm

ClusterChuck wrote on Jan 16^th, 2009 at 5:16pm:

My question to you is, what is your oxygen usage per month?

1 to 5 M tanks per week as a chronic, spring-fall-winter is heavy usage and summer is light. Before I acquired CH, I had worked for 4 yrs 3rd shift so it's not a light thing other than maybe I'm just real light sensitive.

PF’s,

Rolo.

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Molly CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 21	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #12 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 12:47am Mike is having delivered 2 M tanks and 4 E tanks every two weeks (or so) right now but we are ramping up and that might increase. Only at night has increased to traveling everywhere with the E tanks. DAMN. Thought we were on our way down the bell curve.
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Just Plain Carl CH.com Old Timer Offline IT IS WHAT IT IS Posts: 449 Royal Oak, Michigan Gender:	Re: Oxygen Usage Reply #13 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 4:27pm recently tried O2 my last cycle. Luckily I was out of cycle after 1 month was only using 1 E tank every other day JPC
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Re: Oxygen Usage
Reply #14 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 5:16pm

Hard for me to guess: I stopped using O2 "because it didn't work" before I learned how to use it. (You might say that I was "doing it wrong" Wink

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Now that I'm set up with big T tanks (each T is equal to 2.75 M tanks) I actually don't go through as much now because I started taking bigger doses of RC seeds on a regular schedule.

Give me another month and I'll see if I still feel that the seeds are making O2 hyper-effective for me. It's almost too good to be true, so I'm going to wait to prove it to myself.

Prior to the seeds, it was 16 E tanks per month. Now it's probably 1/4 of that.

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