i'd think you will be okay, but never hurts to check it
out. there are lots of super bugs that can get cought in
hospitals now. oops that might not make you feel better.
--- On Thu, 9/25/08, [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Something to Worry About?
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 1:30 PM
> > No, I don't. My spine's straight and I've
> got
> > pretty good posture. The
> > only lung problems I've ever had is bronchitis
> when I
> > was 8 or so. Now, my
> > mum, on the other hand, had triple-lobe pnuemonia when
> I
> > was in high school
> > and died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. But she
> smoked
> > for many years
> > and I haven't smoked since 1979 after seven years
> of
> > smoking a half-pack a
> > day. So I'm not really at a higher risk for lung
> > problems except for one
> > factor - I'm in a wheelchair and sitting all the
> time
> > pushes my which
> > increases pressure on the esophaugus and lungs.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > Original Message:
> > -----------------
> > From: Kendall D. Corbett [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:07:34 -0600
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Something to Worry About?
> >
> >
> > Kat,
> >
> > Don't know if you've got scoliosis, but that
> can
> > definitely impede lung
> > function. I wasn't a premie, but I do have
> > scoliosis,and had pneumonia this
> > summer. I also had it as a kid three or four times,
> but
> > that was post op
> > stuff related to my other neurological condition.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Kathy
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > OK OK I admit it - I'm a bit of a
> hypochondriac.
> > I went to my preop
> > > screening today and passed with flying colours -
> blood
> > pressure, checck,
> > > heart, check, oxygen saturation, check, etc etc.
> But
> > then the screening
> > doc
> > > asked me if my surgeon had asking for a pulmonary
> > function test and I
> > said,
> > > no, he hadn't. Then the doctor floored me
> by
> > saying I should get one
> > > because I have CP and they think it's
> important to
> > keep tabs on lung
> > > function in CP adults as they get older.
> > >
> > > Have any of you guys come across this? Now
> I'm
> > worried about pulmonary
> > > failure!
> > >
> > > Kat
> > >
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> >
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> > redundant!)
> >
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