Ask your doctor about using a spirometer or doing breathing exercises post op to help prevent pneumonia, and how to avoid blood clots (DVT) or other post op complications.

Oct 17, 2013 · An Incentive Spirometer helps keeps air in your lungs so you don't chance having any fluid in there. You take really deep breaths and it measures your progress.

Jun 1, 2012 · Did they send you home with a spirometer ? The little thing they have you do when you get to your room to keep your lungs clear, is so use it about a couple times an hr. my …

Dec 1, 2007 · I've continued to use the Incentive Spirometer at home and have coughed up some yucky dark green mucus. Mostly, I feel clear, but sometimes short of breath. I find myself …

Sep 24, 2015 · I have been short of breathe so I have been using the spirometer that you blow air into. Anybody else had that problem? I am also taking Lorezapam to help me sleep at night- it …