Post-op question

[Newgirl 2]

How long did you use your spirometer(lung air capacity device) after released from the hospital? The hospital just said to continue at home, but I didn't ask how long.

[barbarachic 0]

How long did you use your spirometer(lung air capacity device) after released from the hospital? The hospital just said to continue at home, but I didn't ask how long.

if you are not a smoker and you are walking up &about, you don't have to keep using spirometer, it is to help prevent pneumonia; it makes you do deep breathing . unless you have a cough or a smoker you are probably fine to stop.

[Foxbins 625]

My doctor wanted me to do it 10X each morning and night for two weeks. This is because sometimes the instruments push on your lung and collapse it a little during surgery and the spirometer helps you to fully inflate your lungs, prevents secretions from pooling in the bottom and causing pneumonia. It takes less than 3 minutes a day and I was happy to do it for the two weeks. I am not a smoker.