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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Mar 3 9:50pm | Replies (128)
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I don't know why my doctors are telling me not to take the big 3 if they will cause cavity. 🙁
The doctors are telling me my MAC is not that much!
But I have been getting lung infections once a month and my doctors put me on the antibiotics for a short time. I am so uncomfortable and embarrassed in front of friends and family because of non stop phloem.
One of my lung doctors also told me can't live with my cats. They are making my situation worse. I can't give them up. 😭😭😭
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The big 3 does not cause a cavity. If you have Mac + cavitation, they might add Amikacin or Arikayce in addition. If Mac does not respond to the big 3, Arikayce may be added
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I had a 10 cm cavity grown in my upper left lobe within 30 days of no treatment.
I would get another opinion from an infectious disease doctor and a different pulmonologist.
The one telling you that you don't need treatment for mac but telling you your cats are the problem doesn't make sense.