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Hey all, starting SmartVest... Anyone w positive experience?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 18 5:59pm | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
I noticed in the first statement the person said the Pulmonary nurse told her after a couple weeks you should see the benefits & replace the saline!!! CAN ANYONE explain the logic behind that!! Why do you have to wait a couple weeks!!! I have a vest also and it’s called the Afflo vest and I didn’t see much benefit at all. I called the company and they told me the same thing!!! I asked them to explain why 2-3 weeks? But received no explanation. I like many others I’m sure would love to replace the 3% or 7% saline.
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@spider109 Hi! I can't speak for what any pulmonary nurse says but I have a feeling the nurses sent out to train us on our SmartVest may not have much experience with bronchiectasis. My training nurse was great getting me started but also said the vest could replace other tools in a few weeks. Definitely do not try to make it replace saline nebulizing!
Everyone is different but I found the vest helped get up for phlegm right away. I experimented and ended up with the most helpful routine being to nebulizer saline while using the vest and huff coughing on the vest breaks. I did stop the aerobika which had been doing nothing for me. I did run this by my doctors who approved.