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:
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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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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
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