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Thanks @1fancydancer for your information. Can you tell me how you got rid of the Pseudomonas in 2012 after having them a year? I had my infection for 1.5 years before I was treated with Cipro (10 days) and Tobi (2 weeks) which was about 8 months ago. It did knock back my infection but now a moderate growth has returned. It sounds like you have done well with yours. How did you get rid of them last year? Was it the Azithromizen? It would be grand if we could stop coming up with additional infections!!! I'm afraid our bronchiectasis just makes us so much more susceptible to germs taking hold.
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I take Azithromizen for MAC. I think that was 2017 that I had MAC. Dr seems to be extremely fearful getting MAC again. He told me that I would be taking 500mg 3x a week for the rest of my life to keep MAC away. Thus far it has worked.
Yes, bronchiectasis makes for a difficult life for sure. I have found that moving a lot helps my breathing. The more I move the better I breathe. I mean like 12 to 20 thousand steps per day, yard work on my steep slope, I breathe so good. It forces me to breathe deeply. We tend to take shallow breaths. Deep breathing is a must for me. I have several little machines that I use in addition to my vest that I use 2x per day. I use a flutter valve and a little deep breathing device that I breathe out and it blows 3 balls up in little tubes. Then I hold my breath as long as I can. Sometimes it hurts. But if I want to live this is what I have to do.