Oxigen levels

[emy04]

I HAVE BRONCHIESTASIS I HAD  PNEUMONIA AND SPENT 21 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.AFTER THAT MY OXYGEN LEVEL START TO GET VERY LOW SOMETIMES DURING ACTIVITY. IF I AM SITTING DOWN IS 93 UP BUT IF I TRY TO DO HOUSE CHORES IT GOES DOWN TO 84 SOMETIMES LOWER. WHEN I WALK AT AN SLOW PACE IT STAYS AT 94 SOMETIMES HIGHER. I WAS TOLD MY LUNG FUNCTION TEST WAS VERY LOW
AROUND 35. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY COMMENTS. THANK YOU EMMA.

[Sunny602]

Are you on O2 with activity? It sounds like you should be evaluated for it. Ask your doctor for an oximeter test with walking to see how much you drop. At 84, you easily would qualify for O2 with exercise. It might be worth looking at nights as well, people with severe lung disease can drop their levels very low at night as well requiring O2 during sleep as well.
Do you know what your lung functions are sitting at now? If I am not mistaken (I could be wrong here), doctors start to consider transplant at about 30 percent lung function (some centers will look at you at higher numbers). This is in the US, if you are from another country, I don't know what their requirements are. I am not an expert but have a few friends who have been through the transplant process. The best resource would be your doctor regarding this as there are tests that they need to do and a very extensive workup involved.
I hope this helps...also, are you on any lung clearance such as chest physiotherapy (I have atypical CF and use the Vest system by Hillrom for lung clearance). I also neb mucolytics, meds that break down the mucous so that I can pass it easier. I take pulmozyme for this, but also take hypertonic saline (also nebbed) and in the distant past, Mucomyst.
Sunny