I won’t be doing that again (Scary)

[bigal162]

Glad you are ok. Please do figure a way to carry your portable with you when you want to get out. I use bottles and thankfully don't have a problem with over the shoulder carry.

 

[hooked on smoke]

Glad you are okay. That must have ben pretty creepy feeling.

 

[Bearcarver]

Gee John,
I thought you were going to say the bee's got you or something like that.
Like said above, find or make some kind of a carrier for your next adventure. And stay on your feet when you are out of your chair

But seriously , bee careful

David

Thank You David!!
The Belt thing I ordered should be here on the 19th.
Hopefully that will work good for me----Not like the strangling Shoulder thing!
We'll see.

Bear

 

[tallbm]

I won’t be doing that again (Scary)​

It’s about time to put the Bee traps up again, so there are 11 traps that have to go up.
Only one of them goes up without the use of a ladder, so Mrs Bear was going to put that one up.
So she goes out there with the trap, and she couldn’t find the Hanger screw where I told her it was.

I figured it must be there, so I wanted to go check for myself.
I didn’t know if I could go out there & back without dragging an oxygen line through the front door, so I did a little test.
I put my Oximeter on my finger to do a test.
It read 98% with the oxygen on.
I took it off & waited.
After 1 minute it was at 96%.
After 2 minutes it was 94%
Then 93%, 92%, 92%, 93%,94%, 93%, 92%, 93%. All in about 7 minutes total.
So I figure it will only take me about 3 minutes to go to there, find the screw, and come back, so What the Hey.

So Mrs Bear was busy on the computer, in the loft, so I removed my oxygen line, and I go over to the door, open it, go out & close the door.
Then I walk across the front porch, past my generator, 2 rocking chairs, right past where my Smoker used to be, and over to the end of the porch, behind the Weber Gas Grill.
The screw wasn’t there, like Mrs Bear said——Those guys who painted my house must have removed it & never put that one back in.

So now I only have to get back, so I start walking, Uh Oh, this doesn’t feel right—I know this feeling——It’s like being Drunk & staggering (Been There—Done That). I grabbed the railing, but it got worse.
I’m doing everything I can to stay upright, left the railing with the front door knob as my next target-Got it. Open door, holding onto the knob. Closed the door with both hands & a shoulder. Still holding the knob to keep me on my feet.
The closest place to sit was Mrs Bear’s chair, so that’s my next destination. (About 8’ away)
I let go of the door knob, and off I go——Then it was like somebody turned the lights off.
I went down, I think on one knee at first, but I’m not sure, but I know I hit my head on the floor. Everything else is cloudy, until I realized I was on the floor.
The oxygen tubing was laying right next to me, so I pulled it all the way from my chair, over past the coffee table, to me, and Stuck the Cannula in my nose.
Then I laid my head down on Mrs Bear’s chair awhile, because now I’m on my knees, until the Oxygen cleared my head enough to actually know what’s going on. I sat on her chair a couple minutes, before making it back to my own. I called Mrs Bear down & told her what just happened, at least the parts I could remember. She said, Now you know not to do that any more!!

I won’t be doing that any more. The way I figure it, When just sitting on my recliner, doing absolutely nothing physically, my Oxygen saturation can stay slightly above the danger area without any supplemental oxygen. But anything more than a 15’ or 20’ walk is too much to do without Oxygen.
Now I know!

So I'm Still Here!!

Bear

Wow, I'm glad you made it through. Thats enough of a test to know it all now. Keep safe man :)

 

[Bearcarver]

Woe there John pump the brakes
young man
Your family at home and your virtual family need you around for a long time !

Keith

Thank You Keith!!
Appreciate that !

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Hey Bear, I'm a bit late chiming in here but I gotta tell you, it scared the snot out of me reading your dialog. I knew you had to be alright because you posted about it but it was kinda like watching the ending of a scary movie for the second time: you know what's gonna happen but the tension level is still really high. glad you're ok though buddy.

Robert

Thanks a bunch, Buddy!!
At the time, I was worried more about scaring Mrs Bear, if she saw me laying on the floor. I was sitting in her chair, and back on oxygen, before I called her down.
She just shook her head, like I've seen so many times in the past.

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Glad you are ok. Please do figure a way to carry your portable with you when you want to get out. I use bottles and thankfully don't have a problem with over the shoulder carry.

Thank You bigal,
I'll get it nailed down, soon I hope.
I never had problems, until November 2012, when a Dr screwed up before and during Open Heart surgery. Throw Agent Orange in and I got a mess.
My blocked Carotids make it that I can't take pressure over the fronts of my shoulders, and if I want to look up, I have to sit down first. It's almost too many things to keep track of.

Bear

 

[checkdude]

Glad you are ok , sure could have been worse. That portable belt unit should help a lot next time.

Wow! Sure am glad you're ok. Take care.

 

[Bearcarver]

Glad you are okay. That must have ben pretty creepy feeling.

Thank You!!
I had it happen before, very similar.
You don't know how long you were out, until your head clears. Then your current position helps you figure out what happened. It helps if others were there to see it, but in this case the only other one there was Mrs Bear, and I managed to keep her in the dark, until I was back to normal.

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Wow, I'm glad you made it through. Thats enough of a test to know it all now. Keep safe man :)

Thank You Tall !!
No more of this kind of testing!!!

Bear

 

[idahopz]

Dang John, what an alarming event. Considering what happened, as has been recommended by other guys, having a backup emergency O2 source would be mandatory in my book. Keeping it handy enough to implement within seconds would bring significant peace of mind, but I know you well enough to realize that you have things well under control. However, remain ever vigilant.

 

[Bearcarver]

Wow! Sure am glad you're ok. Take care.

Thank You Dude!!
Appreciate That.

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Dang John, what an alarming event. Considering what happened, as has been recommended by other guys, having a backup emergency O2 source would be mandatory in my book. Keeping it handy enough to implement within seconds would bring significant peace of mind, but I know you well enough to realize that you have things well under control. However, remain ever vigilant.

Thank You Pete!!
It was just an experiment that went Awry.
I can assure you that was my last one on that subject.

Bear