Hi Nina,
All I know from experience is that if you're in pain, it's difficult to
breathe as deeply as you would otherwise do, and that as the pain
diminishes, the breathing gets easier and deeper. I had a lobectomy (about
a third of my right lung) on November 18.and had to be on oxygen for a while
after coming home...
A nurse I had suggested that when using the incentive spirometer to measure
the breathing, that it's best to use it at the point where the pain
medication is doing the most good...i.e. half an hour or an hour after
taking it, or whatever the interval is for the patient,..to get the best
results..rather than to try every hour or whatever...
I'm finding that I breathe deepest when I have some exertion...I realize
this is a challenge, with the periocarditis, etc..I would guess the pain
needs to resolve better before you see better lung capacity results...maybe
the doctors could reconsider whatever pain meds she's on to strengthen them??
Good luck......
Torie
At 02:56 PM 12/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello There:
>
>This is my first time on a chat/info group list. Hope I'm doing this
>correctly!
>
>I am searching for information regarding solutions to diminished lung
>capacity.
>
>My mother had her right lung removed due to cancer Oct. 9, 1997. She is
>currently recovering from a bout with periocarditis, an inflammation around
>the heart, which affected her ability to breath deeply. She is still on
>oxygen. She has lost energy and strength and her left lung is diminishing
>in lung capacity. Her family believe this is due to her loss of energy and
>thus her ability to walk to increase her breathing.
>
>Has anyone gone through this and have some info that may help us? We are
>planning on having a second opinion by someone at Sloan-Kettering in New
>York, but need to be sure we are asking the right questions.
>
>Thank you for any assistance you may have.
>
>Nina Siegel
>
>At 01:58 PM 12/8/97 -0800, lehnerj1@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>>Dear Joanne,
>>
>>Some more information that might help:
>>Fox Chase Cancer Center in Phialdelphia phone 215-728-2781 has a good
>>reputation. Dr. Robert C. Young is the President. Also, on the two
>>institutions I gave you in Ohio, Dr. James Wilson is the Director of the
>>Clinical Cancer Center at Case Weston and Dr. Clara Bloomfield is the
>>Director at OSU. Don't hesitate to go right to the top for help and
>>advise.
>>
>>God Bless
>>John
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