So mom is home and tethered to a tank

Apparently the standard oxygen set-up is to just give you a tank and yards of tubing to allow some mobility.   I don't blame mom for not liking all that tubing.   I guess we'll have to see how it goes.  If she only needs to be on O2 for a week or so its probably not worth bothering with a concentrator, but if its a month or more I think we should see if they rent them or even buy one if they are not crazy expensive and then re-sell on CL or donate when she no longer needs it.  

 She was 'diagnosed' with COPD or something and just given a prescription for nasal spray or inhaler a few years ago so she has had some long term issues and that has probably contributed to the general sickliness that I had attributed to too much antibiotics from an overly helpful doc when she was doing the pre-school teaching for a few years and catching colds from the little germ bags hat 'became bronchitis' and then the damm jaw infection from the implants.  I'll be proactive to try to keep my teeth but if I do lose them and have discomfort with dentures I'll be a toothless hag and subsist on soup and malts  --like it would be a hardship to have to suck down malts to get calories LOL.  

  Mom has had some issues with chronic cramping/spasms in her hip for months now so  maybe getting full oxygen will allow that to finally heal.  Its all depressing,  in January she seemed to be much better, sis and her SO were down for the Stock show and we went and did a fair amount of walking around and so on and mom was excited because she had not felt well enough to go in ages.  I thought laser treatments from the chiro for the chronic jaw pain and the hip had finally licked the problems and she would have normal health to enjoy a bit of golden years, join dad doing a few site-seeing trips and stuff.    

At least they did go to Europe several years ago, thank goodness they didn't try to wait until dad was retired.  Another reminder that life is short and unpredictable and it is important to carve out time and/or money from the general 'rat race' to do fun stuff periodically as we go along.   Can't just expect to be able to complete a 'bucket list' starting after you retire.