It's getting closer to Christmas and the family on my husband's side will be getting together again this year. I've known them for 18 years. So, nothing is new for me. They all are pretty comfortable being around my oxygen now. They've learned that if they want to smoke while I'm over at their house, they have to go outside. They have always been completely nice about my needs. When I first came into the family, I didn't have to use oxygen 24/7 like I do now; just at night when I slept. Now that I have to use more oxygen, I need to bring more oxygen with me for the family times such as Christmas or Thanksgiving. I'll have my husband and one of his brothers bring in the 75 lb liquid oxygen reservoir into the house where we are at so that I wouldn't have to refill my portable numerous times throughout the evening. It all depends on how long we intend to stay. If it's more than 3 hours, I have them bring in my oxygen.

The only thing the family has to remember is to watch where they are going so they won't trip over my 50 foot canula. Believe it or not, I can not control where that thing lies on the floor. My husband and I are totally use to having the canula anywhere on the floor. However, the rest of the family or even friends are not. As long as they don't stand on it and cut my oxygen supply off, I'm ok! I just don't want people tripping because of my canula.

In other news, my next doctor appointment is December 29th. What a day that will be. I may be driving up to Oklahoma right after the appointment to be with MY family. I hope everything works out so that I can go. Wish me luck!