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    Doing the vest with a port?

    Your daughter having a port was a good decision that you made. I wish I hadn't waited so long to get mine! It makes everything so much easier and my arms aren't torn up from picc after picc. Like others have said, manual PT is a good idea until the incision heals. For me, the vest can be a...
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    Hypertonic saline

    solo: Hypertonic saline restores the water-balance within the lungs. By increasing the salinity on the surface of the airways, it draws water in to compensate for the extra salt, thinning the mucus and making it easier to cough out. Albuterol is a fast-acting bronchodilator which calms spasms...
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    Hypertonic saline

    solo: Hypertonic saline restores the water-balance within the lungs. By increasing the salinity on the surface of the airways, it draws water in to compensate for the extra salt, thinning the mucus and making it easier to cough out. Albuterol is a fast-acting bronchodilator which calms spasms...
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    Hypertonic saline

    solo: Hypertonic saline restores the water-balance within the lungs. By increasing the salinity on the surface of the airways, it draws water in to compensate for the extra salt, thinning the mucus and making it easier to cough out. Albuterol is a fast-acting bronchodilator which calms spasms...
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    Hypertonic saline

    solo: Hypertonic saline restores the water-balance within the lungs. By increasing the salinity on the surface of the airways, it draws water in to compensate for the extra salt, thinning the mucus and making it easier to cough out. Albuterol is a fast-acting bronchodilator which calms spasms...
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    Hypertonic saline

    solo: Hypertonic saline restores the water-balance within the lungs. By increasing the salinity on the surface of the airways, it draws water in to compensate for the extra salt, thinning the mucus and making it easier to cough out. Albuterol is a fast-acting bronchodilator which calms spasms...
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    Question about FEV stats?

    ooooh noexcuses, i'm jealous of your ability to read and vest at the same time! I'm useless when I'm strapped in lol Hi rockgirl! I'm just going to end up echoing everyone else that your function can definitely come up. The most important thing is the culture! I was on round after round of IVs...
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    Question about FEV stats?

    ooooh noexcuses, i'm jealous of your ability to read and vest at the same time! I'm useless when I'm strapped in lol Hi rockgirl! I'm just going to end up echoing everyone else that your function can definitely come up. The most important thing is the culture! I was on round after round of IVs...
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    Question about FEV stats?

    ooooh noexcuses, i'm jealous of your ability to read and vest at the same time! I'm useless when I'm strapped in lol Hi rockgirl! I'm just going to end up echoing everyone else that your function can definitely come up. The most important thing is the culture! I was on round after round of IVs...
  10. J

    Question about FEV stats?

    ooooh noexcuses, i'm jealous of your ability to read and vest at the same time! I'm useless when I'm strapped in lol Hi rockgirl! I'm just going to end up echoing everyone else that your function can definitely come up. The most important thing is the culture! I was on round after round of IVs...
  11. J

    Question about FEV stats?

    ooooh noexcuses, i'm jealous of your ability to read and vest at the same time! I'm useless when I'm strapped in lol <br /> <br />Hi rockgirl! I'm just going to end up echoing everyone else that your function can definitely come up. The most important thing is the culture! I was on round after...
  12. J

    Who's on IVs right now?

    krisgabes, I experience ringing in my ears, I need to go for another hearing test in the near future. That's pretty much the only side effect from the amikacin. The tigecycline was awful though! but then again, vertigo sounds just as bad- if not worse- than the nausea! UGH, I can't imagine...
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    Cipro and Tobi

    i had a lot of trouble tolerating tobi. It gave me laryngitis for the full month when I was on it. I had a constantly irritated throat which made my cough very dry and scratchy- I would cough constantly all day and night the entire month as well. My doctor told me some irritation is normal...
  14. J

    Cipro and Tobi

    i had a lot of trouble tolerating tobi. It gave me laryngitis for the full month when I was on it. I had a constantly irritated throat which made my cough very dry and scratchy- I would cough constantly all day and night the entire month as well. My doctor told me some irritation is normal...
  15. J

    Cipro and Tobi

    i had a lot of trouble tolerating tobi. It gave me laryngitis for the full month when I was on it. I had a constantly irritated throat which made my cough very dry and scratchy- I would cough constantly all day and night the entire month as well. My doctor told me some irritation is normal...
  16. J

    Cipro and Tobi

    i had a lot of trouble tolerating tobi. It gave me laryngitis for the full month when I was on it. I had a constantly irritated throat which made my cough very dry and scratchy- I would cough constantly all day and night the entire month as well. My doctor told me some irritation is normal...
  17. J

    Cipro and Tobi

    i had a lot of trouble tolerating tobi. It gave me laryngitis for the full month when I was on it. I had a constantly irritated throat which made my cough very dry and scratchy- I would cough constantly all day and night the entire month as well. My doctor told me some irritation is normal...
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    Who's on IVs right now?

    luke- when i shower with my port i do one of two things. If I have a large-sized tegaderm I can put gauze over my dressing and just slap the tegaderm over it. It works very well, provided the tegaderm is large enough (the hospital gives me the super big 10 inch by whatever ones) to cover the...
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    Who's on IVs right now?

    What are you on? -I just stopped Tigecyclin and Amikacin- both every 12 hours How long have you been on it? -I was on them for a week and had to stop due to dramatic weight loss Does it seem to be working? -It helped but I need to go back to the ID docs to figure out something else, I am still...
  20. J

    Who are you in a nut shell

    who are you in a nut shell My name is Julie I was diagnosed at age 6 and my sister was diagnosed as a result (she was 4) I'm now 20 and my sister is 18 My pfts are hovering around 33% I am a full-time student at the University of Rhode Island I'm a double major in Chemistry and Spanish- no...
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