Sputum culture question

Landy

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As a rule, I usually only cough in the a.m. when I'm getting up & around. So, I have collected a sample then & taken it to the lab.

Also, I always cough when I do PFTs, so that's a good time for me to have the ole spit cup ready too. Do you cough much while doing PFTs? That could be an idea.
 

Landy

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As a rule, I usually only cough in the a.m. when I'm getting up & around. So, I have collected a sample then & taken it to the lab.

Also, I always cough when I do PFTs, so that's a good time for me to have the ole spit cup ready too. Do you cough much while doing PFTs? That could be an idea.
 

Landy

New member
As a rule, I usually only cough in the a.m. when I'm getting up & around. So, I have collected a sample then & taken it to the lab.

Also, I always cough when I do PFTs, so that's a good time for me to have the ole spit cup ready too. Do you cough much while doing PFTs? That could be an idea.
 

Landy

New member
As a rule, I usually only cough in the a.m. when I'm getting up & around. So, I have collected a sample then & taken it to the lab.

Also, I always cough when I do PFTs, so that's a good time for me to have the ole spit cup ready too. Do you cough much while doing PFTs? That could be an idea.
 

Landy

New member
As a rule, I usually only cough in the a.m. when I'm getting up & around. So, I have collected a sample then & taken it to the lab.

Also, I always cough when I do PFTs, so that's a good time for me to have the ole spit cup ready too. Do you cough much while doing PFTs? That could be an idea.
 

Emily65Roses

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I was swabbed until I could produce myself. I can always come up with something good now that I know how to do it. But when I was a child, they swabbed me every time.
 

Emily65Roses

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I was swabbed until I could produce myself. I can always come up with something good now that I know how to do it. But when I was a child, they swabbed me every time.
 

Emily65Roses

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I was swabbed until I could produce myself. I can always come up with something good now that I know how to do it. But when I was a child, they swabbed me every time.
 

Emily65Roses

New member
I was swabbed until I could produce myself. I can always come up with something good now that I know how to do it. But when I was a child, they swabbed me every time.
 

Emily65Roses

New member
I was swabbed until I could produce myself. I can always come up with something good now that I know how to do it. But when I was a child, they swabbed me every time.
 
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semperfiohana

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i CAN'T SPIT ANYTHING UP. it grosses me out. if i try...i throw up instead. so i've always been swabbed. they've tried to get me to spit it out, but i just swallow. it just grosses me out to much to spit it out. so this is what the doctor's and i have come up with. when it comes time for a culture...i tell them give me a second, make me laugh until i cough and then once i have something in my throat i open wide and hope they can get a little something. if i can't cough then they pretty dig in my throat until i'm pulling their hand away from my face. sometimes it feels like they are trying to make me gag. but i've never ever spit anything up, not even as a kid. but i've always been swabbed so that's kinda werid that they won't even swab you. that's how they cultured the puesdmosia a. on me. i think a swab is better than nothing.
 
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semperfiohana

Guest
i CAN'T SPIT ANYTHING UP. it grosses me out. if i try...i throw up instead. so i've always been swabbed. they've tried to get me to spit it out, but i just swallow. it just grosses me out to much to spit it out. so this is what the doctor's and i have come up with. when it comes time for a culture...i tell them give me a second, make me laugh until i cough and then once i have something in my throat i open wide and hope they can get a little something. if i can't cough then they pretty dig in my throat until i'm pulling their hand away from my face. sometimes it feels like they are trying to make me gag. but i've never ever spit anything up, not even as a kid. but i've always been swabbed so that's kinda werid that they won't even swab you. that's how they cultured the puesdmosia a. on me. i think a swab is better than nothing.
 
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semperfiohana

Guest
i CAN'T SPIT ANYTHING UP. it grosses me out. if i try...i throw up instead. so i've always been swabbed. they've tried to get me to spit it out, but i just swallow. it just grosses me out to much to spit it out. so this is what the doctor's and i have come up with. when it comes time for a culture...i tell them give me a second, make me laugh until i cough and then once i have something in my throat i open wide and hope they can get a little something. if i can't cough then they pretty dig in my throat until i'm pulling their hand away from my face. sometimes it feels like they are trying to make me gag. but i've never ever spit anything up, not even as a kid. but i've always been swabbed so that's kinda werid that they won't even swab you. that's how they cultured the puesdmosia a. on me. i think a swab is better than nothing.
 
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semperfiohana

Guest
i CAN'T SPIT ANYTHING UP. it grosses me out. if i try...i throw up instead. so i've always been swabbed. they've tried to get me to spit it out, but i just swallow. it just grosses me out to much to spit it out. so this is what the doctor's and i have come up with. when it comes time for a culture...i tell them give me a second, make me laugh until i cough and then once i have something in my throat i open wide and hope they can get a little something. if i can't cough then they pretty dig in my throat until i'm pulling their hand away from my face. sometimes it feels like they are trying to make me gag. but i've never ever spit anything up, not even as a kid. but i've always been swabbed so that's kinda werid that they won't even swab you. that's how they cultured the puesdmosia a. on me. i think a swab is better than nothing.
 
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semperfiohana

Guest
i CAN'T SPIT ANYTHING UP. it grosses me out. if i try...i throw up instead. so i've always been swabbed. they've tried to get me to spit it out, but i just swallow. it just grosses me out to much to spit it out. so this is what the doctor's and i have come up with. when it comes time for a culture...i tell them give me a second, make me laugh until i cough and then once i have something in my throat i open wide and hope they can get a little something. if i can't cough then they pretty dig in my throat until i'm pulling their hand away from my face. sometimes it feels like they are trying to make me gag. but i've never ever spit anything up, not even as a kid. but i've always been swabbed so that's kinda werid that they won't even swab you. that's how they cultured the puesdmosia a. on me. i think a swab is better than nothing.
 
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