breathing exercises (cross post)

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

My surgery is coming soon (Feb 6th)!! I read in PB's info that I

should do breathing exercises. How do I do that?

Thanks for your reply.

~

[Guest guest]

They want you to increase the capacity and strength of your lungs so taht you can recover from surgery well...take a series of veyr deep breaths each day...and I mean deep -- till it feels like you can't suck in anymore air! After surgery, you are given a breathing exerciser -- forgot the tech name for it -- but you have to use it to keep your lungs healthy.

-Chris-

Post-Op 6-26-03

Rumsey/PB wrote:

Hi all,My surgery is coming soon (Feb 6th)!! I read in PB's info that I should do breathing exercises. How do I do that?Thanks for your reply.~

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

What I did was get a spirometer and use it. You'll probably use

a spirometer while you are in the hospital to help get your lung function

back to normal. I found that using one before surgery really seemed

to help - I had significantly increased my lung capacity and so after surgery

I did really well.

I'm not sure where you would get one in your area. I got mine

over the web - but your surgery is so soon that probably wouldn't work

for you.

Oh . . . yeah . . . a spirometer shouldn't cost very much. I think

mine was about $ 5.00.

Hope that helps.

All the best,

Kay

open RNY 12/1/03

wrote:

Hi all,

My surgery is coming soon (Feb 6th)!! I read in PB's info

that I

should do breathing exercises. How do I do that?

Thanks for your reply.

~

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

What I did was get a spirometer and use it. You'll probably use

a spirometer while you are in the hospital to help get your lung function

back to normal. I found that using one before surgery really seemed

to help - I had significantly increased my lung capacity and so after surgery

I did really well.

I'm not sure where you would get one in your area. I got mine

over the web - but your surgery is so soon that probably wouldn't work

for you.

Oh . . . yeah . . . a spirometer shouldn't cost very much. I think

mine was about $ 5.00.

Hope that helps.

All the best,

Kay

open RNY 12/1/03

wrote:

Hi all,

My surgery is coming soon (Feb 6th)!! I read in PB's info

that I

should do breathing exercises. How do I do that?

Thanks for your reply.

~

[Guest guest]

> My surgery is coming soon (Feb 6th)!! I read in PB's info that I

> should do breathing exercises. How do I do that?

Try blowing up balloons! Seriously, breathe in as deep as you can, then out. In

the hospital they will give you a spirometer, which measures your breath.

--

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

Berkeley, CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

Kaiser Richmond (CA)

P. Fisher, M.D.

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

01/09/2004 210 Current

Goal 150