Red_Dragon wrote:

I used to work for a medical gas company that had its own oxygen plant. I delivered and set up O2 delivery systems and worked with respiratory therapists. I saw how sick people can get from respiratory illness. It was pretty gross sometimes. And so many people on oxygen still smoked! Beyond the health issues, they could blow themselves up. Amazing. I was just diagnosed with COPD. My voice has become just a rasp - it's very hard to talk. I quit smoking (everything) 25 years ago. My blood sats are always in the low 80's. I could probably do with some O2 myself.  And a proper diagnosis. But I have medi-cal. Government standard medical care. It's a joke. When I told my new shrink that I had lived in Ireland he asked me if I could go back and live with family there to get better healthcare after I told him about some of my experience here. He was serious. Just sayin'...