Good morning! Today I'm going to share with you what type of oxygen I use and what equipment I have. For me, since I use a high liter flow (5 liters/min), I need to use liquid oxygen. If you will notice the picture to the right, you will see the two metal tank reservoirs. Each of these tanks holds 100lbs of liquid oxygen. I get these tanks refilled every week. That's how much oxygen I use.. 200lbs a week.

I also have a 75lb tank of liquid oxygen that stays in my vehicle for when I go out to run my errands or go to friends. I just use that to drive with or when I'm with my husband, he can lift the big tank out so I can refill my small refillable portable tank. The portable tank when full, weighs only 8lbs. I have a little cart I can carry it around in but I try never to use it unless I go to the mall by myself. (I hate going to the mall! Lots of walking!)  My portable has a strap on the top so that whoever is carrying it can just sling it over their shoulder.

The hardest part when someone else is carrying my portable while with me is getting ourselves thinking, where one goes the other HAS to follow! If we don't think that way then one of us is going to lose the oxygen and it's usually me! I sometimes feel like a dog on a leash.

Before I started using liquid oxygen full time, I had an oxygen concentrator. It's an electrical machine that plugs into an electrical outlet in the wall of your home. It intakes the room air, divides out the oxygen from that air, and gives that oxygen to the person wearing the oxygen canula which is connected to the machine.

My oxygen canula within my home is 50 feet long. It's said that it should not be any longer than 50 ft. This way I can walk from one end of my house to the other. I can even walk out into the backyard a way; as long as I don't crimp the canula in the door when I shut it partially.

I have a pretty long day today. I need to make lasanga, clean around here and then we're going to see the movie UNDERWORLD: Evolution. Tomorrow we have a birthday party to go to.

Thanks for your encouraging words. I am using 4.5 liters now and trying to figure out if going to liquid oxygen is a good idea for me. I don't know what to do. Do you have a suggestion.

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Reply: I think since you are at such a high flow rate already, switching over to liquid oxygen is better for you. It's pure oxygen in liquid form. It would cut approximately $20 dollars off from your electric bill if you're currently using an electric oxygen concentrator. Check to see what your insurance will pay for before making this decision. Taking along a liquid oxygen portable is lighter and will last longer than an E-cylinder of oxygen when you get out of the house.

Thanks for the question.

Christine