To PAUL VanderKley: Re: the VEST & position

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It doesn't work for me if I am sitting up. Only way it works is lying on one side, then the other. I do it on the sofa and put pillows/cushions uner my hips to raise them. Works VERY well for me that way.

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Subject: the VEST & positionTo: bronchiectasis Date: Sunday, August 3, 2008, 1:30 PM

Has anyone experimented with using the VEST in a position other than sitting upright? The Hill-Rom representative nurse who instructed me in the use of this device said to use it sitting upright. However, the pulomonary doctor I saw recently said that he was not a huge fan of the VEST, compared to good old postural drainage with percussion, due to the upright position, in which you are fighting gravity. So, a question for the group: anyone using this laying down, tipped down, upside down...? If so, how has it worked.Thanks,