Originally Posted by
Gene
Will wonders never cease? What Gloria wrote is true. After my health (COPD) started causing me more problems in 2012 I left the farm and bought a house in Johnson City, TN so I'd be close to the VA hospital. My COPD continued to worsen over the years and in 2014 I had to go on supplemental oxygen 24/7. I took the Koi Village and Koi Clay websites offline, but I continued to sell the clay to my regular clients via email and phone. When we sold the last of the clay we had in stock, we decided not to continue.
About a month ago my COPD got bad. I went through a lot of misery and ended up spending 4 days in the hospital. Amber called EMS Friday 6/29/18 and they took me to the VA hospital at 11:00 AM. I had already been to the emergency room 5 times with shortness of breath issues, but they would send me back home. The next time I waited until I was almost dead. I suffered severely for several days before I had Amber call EMS.
They finally admitted me to the hospital and I was then able to see some doctors besides GP ER doctors. I was in bad shape at this time. I hadn't been able to eat for days and I was dehydrated, malnourished, and suffering from an excess of CO2 in my lungs.
In a nut shell what I discovered is that they had me on too much supplemental oxygen. I was using 3 liters 24/7. The pulmonologist doctor told me that COPD patients shouldn't strive for a high blood oxygen content. They should shot for 88-92 %.
As I sit here typing I'm currently at 91 % and I am without any supplemental oxygen. I stopped using it on July 5th and I feel wonderful. I've even been doing some cooking. I just have to sit down sometimes to let my oxygen content build back up. I expect I'll need to supplement my oxygen when I go away from the house, but I have my Inogen One G3 to handle that.
I continued to improve and last Sunday I decided to put my clay back on the market. This time it will be much more professional than before. I'll have the business structure set up by next week, but it will take me some time to actually get any product on the market.
I went to bed at 10:30 last night, but I woke up at 4:00 this morning and started thinking about the business and Koiphen popped into my mind, so I got up and logged on. Imagine my surprise to find this post at the top of the main forum!