flutter valve

Thu, 09 May 2024 01:53:08 GMT

I skipped using the "flutter valve" to clear gunk out of my lungs Sunday morning and evening, and Monday morning; I think that's the longest I've skipped since I started using it. Before this, I skipped a few mornings to avoid coughing too much while at the neurologist or dentist's office, then used the device after dinner on those days.

rysmiel asked me in email whether I'm satisfied with the degree to which it is helping overall, and I think so, but it's hard to be sure. I was coughing enough during the day Monday that I used my albuterol inhaler twice, by itself rather than as part of the Mucinex-inhaler-flutter valve process, which is suggestive but not a lot of data.

My current plan is to skip the mornings while traveling to and at Scintillation next month, and likely skip the evenings as well, rather than sit up annoyingly late until I have stopped coughing again, which I would much rather be sitting or standing for rather than lying down.

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breathing better

Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:10:21 GMT

I was grumbling yesterday about using the flutter valve twice a day, because I don't like coughing, and Adrian expressed sympathy and then told me that, now that I'm using the thing, I am breathing better when I'm not coughing, which is most of the time.

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flutter valve

breathing better