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Who swapped my 02?
Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:00pm

It's clear my beloved E-Tank contains only room air. For the first time in 116 years, 02 did zip, nada, nill, nothing. Red Bull wasn't cutting it, I'm out of trex now, (in an argument with insurance over that as we speak...naturally!!!!), went with Excederin Migrain, 4 Way Nasal Spray and ice packs. Not to whine mind you, but the second hit of the day to boot.

Must find gauge to measure purity of 02!!!! Grin

Joe

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Linda_Howell CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Do not feed the Moderators Posts: 11927 Santa Maria, Ca. Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #1 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:07pm HUH? s'plain it to me lucy.
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Reply #2 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:09pm

I suppose there's a quick way to find out what the purity of your oxygen is, but it might be impractical--given the fireball involved.

I hate those times when every tried-and-true method falls flat. Sometimes it seems like the only thing to do is crawl in a hole and pull it in after you.

Hope things improve shortly, Joe.

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Re: Who swapped my 02?
Reply #3 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:34pm

Seriously - sometimes you CAN get a duff canister.
Equally, there will always be rogue hits' nothing works for. I'm sorry it happend Joe, it's happend to me a few times too when O2 just hasn't helped but then, there is no med I've tried thats 100% but of all of them O2 works most.

Just out of curiousity - were you late hitting the O2? If you go past optimum point it has you regardless I've found too.

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QnHeartMM CH.com Sponsor Offline I AM a Phoenix! Posts: 1783 San Diego, CA Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #4 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 8:44pm Am assuming you have more tanks in the garage??
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Mosaicwench CH.com Sponsor Offline www.mosaicwench.com Posts: 3507 Near Milwaukee WI, USA Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #5 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 9:40pm Oh hon, I'm so sorry. That really sucks. Prayers and good wishes getting to you as fast as possible.
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Opus CH.com Hall of Famer Offline "We have met the enemy... and he is us" Posts: 2746 Sidney,NY USA Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #6 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 9:49pm Try the chilled O2 trick, either put ice and water in a bubbler or use the frozen tubing device. Paul
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Opus CH.com Hall of Famer Offline "We have met the enemy... and he is us" Posts: 2746 Sidney,NY USA Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #7 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 9:52pm George wrote on Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:09pm: I suppose there's a quick way to find out what the purity of your oxygen is, but it might be impractical--given the fireball involved. George Um, Oxygen isn't flammable, it is necessary for flame, but a flammable gas is also necessary. Paul
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Re: Who swapped my 02?
Reply #8 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 9:59pm

Yes hunny, 4 more fulls in the garage. Smiley

...she never lets me run low,,..and just teasing Linda...I got the usual head rush tingle I get when I start huffing the 02....beasty just paid him no never mind and ran wild! My new neuro.....who I already think the world of, is getting the prescription I need for trex.

So what this MEANS, is this is my last cycle before I outgrow them!

Joe

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Jimi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't feed the moderators Posts: 4925 Madisonville, KY Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #9 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 10:37pm Thats what I'm thinking.
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Headache Boy uk CH.com Old Timer Offline Matthew ch 11 v 28 Posts: 373 Mersea Island nr Colchester Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #12 - Apr 27^th, 2010 at 2:49pm Opus wrote Quote: Um, Oxygen isn't flammable, it is necessary for flame, but a flammable gas is also necessary. Although as you say oxygen isn't flammable it is an accelerant so any thing saturated with pure oxygen will become almost explosively flammable , so mind your eye-brows dude !
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Re: Who swapped my 02?
Reply #13 - Apr 27^th, 2010 at 3:14pm

Headache Boy uk wrote on Apr 27^th, 2010 at 2:49pm:

Although as you say oxygen isn't flammable it is an accelerant so any thing saturated with pure oxygen will become almost explosively flammable , so mind your eye-brows dude !

Oxygen is, pure and simple, and oxidizer. You can saturate something that is not a fuel with oxygen and it still won't burn.

It is not an accelerant, nor is it a fuel. It doesn't even have to be present in order for combustion to take place - the role of oxidizer can be performed by other oxidants, such as fluorine. In a complete combustion reaction, a compound reacts with an oxidizing element, and the products are compounds of each element in the fuel with the oxidizing element

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Skyhawk5 CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 1320 Ypsilanti, Mi. USA Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #14 - Apr 27^th, 2010 at 5:42pm Dang Joe, wish the beast would leave you alone. OK the race is on, which one of us will go out of cycle first?? PF days are coming.. Don
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Reply #16 - Apr 27^th, 2010 at 6:41pm

Brew wrote Quote:

Oxygen is, pure and simple, and oxidizer. You can saturate something that is not a fuel with oxygen and it still won't burn.

yes your right I should have put any thing that can burn and yes it is an oxidizer, but if apply oxygen to something that's burning the rate of burn will accelerate so dose that not make it an accelerant as well? Have you seen the experiment where they put liquid O2 on cotton wool and then throw a match at it and it goes off like a bomb ?

Sorry to go off subject Joe . Hope you find some relief soon.
prayers and best wishes
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QnHeartMM CH.com Sponsor Offline I AM a Phoenix! Posts: 1783 San Diego, CA Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #17 - Apr 27^th, 2010 at 7:04pm Thank goodness the new neuro is so responsive! Joe already has a supply of trex. So thankfully if he gets nailed again and o2 doesn't work, he'll have a backup plan. CH SUCKS! But our CH friends ROCK!
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Bob P CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Shut up Bob! Posts: 4573 Clio,California Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #18 - Apr 28^th, 2010 at 7:22am Quote: So what this MEANS, is this is my last cycle before I outgrow them! You're in that ballpark. My last one was 5 years ago at age 54 (longest and thoughest one I ever had). I've noticed a lot of similarities in our clusters. Keep your eye on the prize!
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Re: Who swapped my 02?
Reply #19 - Apr 28^th, 2010 at 8:27am

Bob P wrote on Apr 28^th, 2010 at 7:22am:

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So what this MEANS, is this is my last cycle before I outgrow them!

You're in that ballpark. My last one was 5 years ago at age 54 (longest and thoughest one I ever had). I've noticed a lot of similarities in our clusters.
Keep your eye on the prize!

Oh man, I'm getting my hopes up!...

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wimsey1 CH.com Alumnus Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 2457 MA Gender:	Re: Who swapped my 02? Reply #20 - Apr 28^th, 2010 at 8:28am Just curious...how did the problem with imitrex resolve? Did your neuro work something out with the insurance company, or just supply you from a samples stash? wimsey1
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Re: Who swapped my 02?
Reply #21 - Apr 28^th, 2010 at 9:25am

I wasn't specific enough Wimsey. My neuro insisted I try the new air injector version of imitrex. I was in a very low cycle at the time so to save money we used my insurance companies mail in prescription service. Generally takes about 4 days but saves us bucks on all our prescriptions. We got the notice from them that the new version wasn't covered, about the same time I started getting slammed.

A long way to say I went back to the neuro, got a prescription for the now generic imitrex stat dose and got it filled immediately.

Joe

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Re: Who swapped my 02?
Reply #22 - Apr 28^th, 2010 at 11:38am

Joe,

AFter a lot of serious thinking - I just figured out what is wrong with you.... You just don't do RETIREMENT well....

That's all it is... NOthing is working right... O2 has always worked - now it's not... No stress ... You NEED stress...

So here's the solution -- GET A STRESSFUL HOBBY!!!

Now I've solved your problem -- I'll get back to the world... They need me... Kiss

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Reply #24 - Apr 28^th, 2010 at 1:26pm

Mosaicwench wrote on Apr 28^th, 2010 at 1:21pm:

I know BarbD is kinda sorta kidding, but I've wondered about you not having the adrenalin rushes anymore. I wonder if it is indeed, a factor in the beast's return . . . .

You could always be a mall cop, I guess . . . . get your adrenalin pumping just seeing what young girls wear to the mall! Wink

And you could get yourself a Segway. That right there would be an adrenaline rush.

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