Anyone from Canada?

I am living in Toronto and have mild bronchiectasis and mac diagnosed 6 months ago. I started on the big 3 about 4 months ago. There is a very helpful Canadian mentor from Toronto on the NTM site.

@kaymr and @brigi Welcome to our Connect community, you will eventually meet several members from Canada. It is great when we have members who understand the nuances of our enormous and complex health care systems who can make suggestions and provide tips on navigating them.

I spend my winters with a number of Canadian and Mexican friends and we have learned a lot from one another about our respective health care systems - it seems so bizarre to me that we are neighbors, yet our systems are so wildly different.

One thing that I find helpful, when naming Brand Name medications, is to include the common or generic name of the drug. For example, in the US & Canada a formoterol/budosnide inhaler has the brand name of Symbicort or Breyna, in Mexicao and South America it is Vannair.

Sue

Hi I’m also in Canada
45 miles north of Barrie on the shores of Georgian Bay in the boonies. Took forever to be diagnosed something like 10 years
Bx MAI very mild I do mucus clearances and have a puffer to help with that otherwise quite healthy
Ive been through 2 family drs both have now retired so I’m left without one. dr who diagnosed by Dr Tailor his office is in Barrie

Glad to hear you are healthy and managing your symptoms well..What type of puffer do you use? Thank you

We have an Education and Support Group in Canada - our meetings are on zoom.
Contact me anytime!!
Esther

Esther Steinberg
Bronchiectasis/NTM Organization of Canada

Thank you
I’ve tried an Arobika alone and couldn’t get anything to come up and out using Salbutamol puffer makes all the difference in the world!!