Breathing exercises for post-surgery

[Guest guest]

Did any one else get a handout pre-surgery about breathing exercises

they should try to do as soon as they wake up from surgery or soon

after? Apparently the anasthesia can have a lazy effect on your lungs

so it's important that you walk around and exercise breathing to avoid

pneumonia. I'd never heard of this before during previous surgeries so

was a bit surprised. Is this standard procedure in some hospitals and

has any one ever had problems with breathing post surgery, apart from

not being able to open your mouth very well and having a stuffy nose?

i.e. has any one developed pneumonia or a bad chesty cough?

Sara