Vibrating vest

I use the Hillrom vest. I tried the portable but it was very heavy. I fid 20 minutes goes pretty fast. I did start nebulizing while on the vest but the I had acid reflex so do it separately now.
Good luck!
Marie

Okay Marie thank/you. Did you find that it helped a lot? My Dr. has me on a sequence of the vest that lasts 40 mins!!! It does seem to bring up more mucus, but only small amounts at a time. I’ve done it separately also, and try postural drainage at the same time. But 40 mins is a long time with the vest only. It takes about 30 mins to nebulize before the vest. (Albuterol & 7% saline). Just looking for effective shortcuts I guess. But every bit of mucus helps.

No. Most of my mucous is in the morning. My husband does chest PT and that helps. It gets frustrating when nothing comes up with all our efforts.
I guess we just need to keep going with all these techniques and hope it helps!
Good luck
Marie

I also use the Hillrom Vest, but for 20 minutes. I use the albuterol aerosol puffer instead of nebulizing it. This saves me about 15 minutes. I do the albuterol aerosol puffer first, then the vest, then I nebulize 3% sodium chloride. Lastly I use the acapella flutter device for mucus clearing. This method works for me. I hope this helps. Any better suggestions from anyone would be welcome.

I own an Afflovest and it gave me rib pain so I stopped. Recently, met with pulmonary who suggested I re-try it with all settings on low. Previously, I used high settings only. So I will retry it for 30 minutes twice a day on low. I plan to use it during 7% saline neb and after until 30 minutes are up followed by AD app and other breathing techniques.

Hi Scoop,
If you don’t mind me asking; what is an AD app?
Thanks!

AD=Autogenic Drainage. It's available for free on the App store. It's essentially airway clearance coaching which employs the autogenic (self-generated) drainage technique. Give it a try. I use it everyday and would be lost without it!