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The Wages of a missed Neb session.
Here I am at 10:30 Thursday evening, aerosolized saline pestering my throat. Later getting to this chore tonight; tuckered, secondary to deciding earlier today that some soil in my yard would better suit me if was at a different spot in my yard. I’ve known for a long time that when one begins to rearrange the surface of the planet it almost immediately becomes very labor intensive. That in turn leads to my body feeling like Beef Jerky looks, all wizened and gnarly.
My question: how often, if ever, do you skip a treatment session?
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@nannette do you do your postural drainage before or after you nebulize? Thanks
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@glendamoseley1 Glenda, I usually do my postural drainage before I nebulize because I like to try to get it all out before I send the salt down there. It's my own personal choice to do it that way. I guess I've always thought of it as get the gunk out so that the salt can get in there and make it uncomfortable for those bad bugs. Nan
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3 ReactionsHow long do you do the postural drainage and at what angle?
@kathyhg My postural drainage is just lying flat and I huff cough until I get all the phlegm up. Nan
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After I do the nebulizer, I immediately lie on my yoga mat for 9 - 10 minutes and do percussion clapping, vibrations, and breathing that all lead to my huff coughing. Nebulizer starts the mucus going but lying down on mat doing postural drainage is how I I get the most mucus out.
Thanks! I’ll try this.
Hi Nan, do you huff cough while laying in your back, or do you sit up to huff cough?
@cavlover I usually lie down and then wait a few seconds and then do some huff coughs. Sometimes you can do like three short ones in a row or a couple of big ones. It just depends. I think everyone is probably different. I've done them sitting up, too. Nan
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2 ReactionsI huff cough lying on my back and roll to my side to spit out the mucus and then while on my side Huff cough some more to spit out more mucus before lying down again starting the process over. I do this for 9 minutes. I'm trying to find a respiratory therapist to tell me if I'm doing it right so I don't straighten my diaphragm and lower back but I am having a very hard time finding such a therapist.