OP  Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Kim,
It all depends on his Sp02 numbers (blood oxygen saturation). If he is below 90%, he will require oxygen. When the pneumonia was clogging up my lungs, my Sp02 got down to 85%. After they got the pneumonia under control, and my lungs cleared out a bit, my Sp02 got back to 95-98%. Walking should help improve those numbers, at least it did for me.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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