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 > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > -- Kendall An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!) The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy