I would tell the doctor you were not fasting as the test indicates because it could make a difference in how some of the test result are interpreted. You may need to redo the test while fasting.
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Yes, 95 is not good, unless you live high in the mountains, or your pulse oximeter is not accurate.sunmountain said:My waking temp and pulse is now 97.2 and 77. Nice.
BUT, my oxygen saturation on the oximeter has gone down from 97 to 95. What does this mean??? Is this good or bad?? Does it indicate stress hormones still at work?
Blossom said:On the oxygen saturation reading I would just keep an eye on it for now. This is of course NOT medical advice. 90-92% (90% being most common in my experience) is the customary number at which if you were in the emergency room (for example) the reading would start to be of concern and you might be administered a small amount of oxygen. Fluctuations of a couple points are very common. Your body is going through a lot of changes so your numbers may fluctuate some. I have seen people with two different readings at the exact same moment in time as measured by a different oximeter on different fingers. I think looking at the trend in the numbers is sensible. There are multiple variables that can result in a small change in the reading that may make it not exactly correct such as the equipment function, temperature of the fingers and your circulation being the most common. That's just my opinion.
Peat's view is that you should not take any t4/t3 unless or until your liver is producing adequate cholesterol. T4/t3 is known to be dangerous, to your heart in particular. Peat recounts how he developed an irregular heartbeat when he overdosed on T3.sunmountain said:Regarding thyroid, my understanding of Peat is that one should gradually increase it until waking temps and pulse are within a normal range. For the past three months, while working on diet, I could tolerate only 25mcg of T4, and nearly next to nothing of T3.
I am wondering if increasing thyroid can have a negative effect on oxygen saturation, or whether the decrease might be linked to something else. Assuming that the oxy is working fine, and that today's dip is not a one-time fluke, which will be known in the coming days.
Any thoughts on that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
My concern is that you may be asking for these prescriptions based on advice you may think you're seeing in this forum. Please understand that no one in this forum is giving you any such advice. Each person's experience in this forum is completely unique, and no generalized advice, especially about prescription medication, should be trusted or relied on.Ray Peat said:Cyproheptadine, 2 to 4 mg at bedtime, would help with his sleep as well as the cancer.
Hi Blossom, The reason that 90-92 is treated in an emergency room is that it is often a precursor to a life-threatening condition. Below 90% there is what's call a "slippery slope" and oxygenation can crash very quickly, causing fainting or worse.Such_Saturation said:Blossom said:On the oxygen saturation reading I would just keep an eye on it for now. This is of course NOT medical advice. 90-92% (90% being most common in my experience) is the customary number at which if you were in the emergency room (for example) the reading would start to be of concern and you might be administered a small amount of oxygen. Fluctuations of a couple points are very common. Your body is going through a lot of changes so your numbers may fluctuate some. I have seen people with two different readings at the exact same moment in time as measured by a different oximeter on different fingers. I think looking at the trend in the numbers is sensible. There are multiple variables that can result in a small change in the reading that may make it not exactly correct such as the equipment function, temperature of the fingers and your circulation being the most common. That's just my opinion.
Once I did Buteyko between readings and it went from 98 to 100.
Yeah, I understand what you are saying about the P50/oxygen dissociation curve. I was just using the ER as an example but you have to be careful with examples being misunderstood or taken out of context. I just didn't want sunmountain to panic needlessly. My spo2 was 99-100% on diamox btw.visionofstrength said:Hi Blossom, The reason that 90-92 is treated in an emergency room is that it is often a precursor to a life-threatening condition. Below 90% there is what's call a "slippery slope" and oxygenation can crash very quickly, causing fainting or worse.Such_Saturation said:Blossom said:On the oxygen saturation reading I would just keep an eye on it for now. This is of course NOT medical advice. 90-92% (90% being most common in my experience) is the customary number at which if you were in the emergency room (for example) the reading would start to be of concern and you might be administered a small amount of oxygen. Fluctuations of a couple points are very common. Your body is going through a lot of changes so your numbers may fluctuate some. I have seen people with two different readings at the exact same moment in time as measured by a different oximeter on different fingers. I think looking at the trend in the numbers is sensible. There are multiple variables that can result in a small change in the reading that may make it not exactly correct such as the equipment function, temperature of the fingers and your circulation being the most common. That's just my opinion.
Once I did Buteyko between readings and it went from 98 to 100.
Oxygen saturation can also vary considerably during exercise, or bag breathing.
However, routinely low oxygen saturation -- when at rest -- is an indication of chronic (not yet emergency) cardiovascular disease. In particular, 95% is below the 2% margin of error for even most $30 oximeters. When Peat talks about the importance of oxygen reaching the tissue, he is indirectly talking about oxygen saturation. Lower is not good.*
*Unless you are at high altitude, when the blood may have a correspondingly higher percentage of carbon dioxide (in which case, oxygen delivery is, paradoxically, better).
[offtopic]Is is true that beer tastes awful on diamox? It seems inhibition of carbonic anhydrase by diamox in the tongue prevents the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbonic acid (in fizzy drinks like beer), and the acid-sensing taste buds are not activated.[/offtopic]Blossom said:Yeah, I understand what you are saying about the P50/oxygen dissociation curve. I was just using the ER as an example but you have to be careful with examples being misunderstood or taken out of context. ...My spo2 was 99-100% on diamox btw.
I don't drink beer because it might be estrogenic and I'm gluten free. Carbonated beverages did taste a bit different though.visionofstrength said:[offtopic]Is is true that beer tastes awful on diamox? It seems inhibition of carbonic anhydrase by diamox in the tongue prevents the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbonic acid (in fizzy drinks like beer), and the acid-sensing taste buds are not activated.[/offtopic]Blossom said:Yeah, I understand what you are saying about the P50/oxygen dissociation curve. I was just using the ER as an example but you have to be careful with examples being misunderstood or taken out of context. ...My spo2 was 99-100% on diamox btw.