Monday, July 20, 2009

"New" Treatment for CFers

So we tried a new treatment the other day (out of pure boredom) and I thought I would share it with you guys. It actually got me to cough quite a bit. Not sure how long the vest would last though with all of the beating it took!

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Anonymous said...

WOW! I tell ya, Mandi is an Angel! Tip for you.....My vest company told me if I cough REALLY, REALLY hard which I do everytime I cough, I am a hard cougher; they said to stop the vest cause it could be what causes it to stop inflating. So I would imagine banging the vest like that might damage it. Not telling ya what to do just thought I would share what my vest company said to me about coughing too violently, so I would imagine if coughing too hard can cause it to break, banging the ^%^& out of it not so good. Maybe you can break up the vest time with the manual CPT and then put Vest back on. Although I know you were trying to kill many birds with one stone. Good luck, let us know how you figure this out, McGyver!!!

Jennifer
IL.

July 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Katey said...

WOW...I love it!!! Wouldn't hurt to try it a few times =) I didn't know they had "cups" to do manual PT with??? They still use the hands at our CF hospital(s)

July 20, 2009 at 7:08 PM
bankrgrl said...

Mandi seems to be enjoying that far too much!!!

I'm all for multi-tasking but I've never thought about doing Vest and CPT at the same time. I think because I exclusively use the Vest at home and do "real" CPT in the hospital (I can't do the Vest when I'm accessed - it dislodges my port needle EVERY time).

July 20, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Lindsey J said...

Now I can see why Mandi's arms are ripped.

Hope you two are doing well...

Lindsey

July 20, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Lauren said...

wow I've never seen those clapper things for chest PT, am I living under a rock or are those new?

July 23, 2009 at 2:50 PM

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