Spirometer use after surgery ??

[Sunny702 2]

How long did you use your spirometer after surgery? I barely use mine ... if I walk past it and think about it I'll give it a whirl. Otherwise ... I rarely pick it up.

What about you?

[KristeyK 3]

I use mine 5 times a day, and will do so religiously for another week or so here. (Unless you're good with doing the deep breathing exercises without it, I can't seem to do them without it, GAH!)

[Foxbins 625]

I used mine 3x a day for 10 inhales each time--I hated it but I had read on here about people getting pneumonia after surgery due to poor lung inflation. I just made myself do it for the first 2 weeks.

[~winecountrygirl~ 3]

I'm really bad...don't use mine.

[Nancy Rivers 24]

I never used mine outside of the hospital. I know I should have - should be, but I don't.

[DoOver 17]

I used mine about 3 or 4 times a day. I kept it beside my "tv" chair and would do it when I was watching the news...(yea, the news, not the Big Bang Theory...) I don't know that I did any set number of breaths, I would just pick it up and do a few.

I had no issues with taking deep breaths. Minimum, you should do that a few times...just take a very deep breath and push it out. Really no need to use that device if that's what's holding you back.

I had no lung issues and didn't/don't smoke so it wasn't too much of an issue to me since I was up and moving around from 6 hours after surgery and had no issues.

[MeMeMEEE 206]

My instructions said one week after surgery so I haven't used it since.

[Indymom 132]

I used mine religiously the first week after surgery . . . 10x 4 times a day. The second week I used it about 3-4 times a day, about 5 breaths each time. I put it away about 3 days shy of the end of my second week. I'm not having any problems breathing!