It all started several years ago with having to clear my throat in the mornings and at that time it was only after waking up. It was/is an annoying feeling at the back of my throat such as mucus just stuck there and hanging. I would cough and draw it up and out from the back of my throat..... as I often have to do all day long now. Every once in a while I would bring up a yellow green gel like substance that my PCP thought nothing of. It gradually and eventually went from mornings to all day long with my needing to clear it out from my throat. I also started losing weight without realizing it until it got serious. Lost 35 pounds. Finally my PCP after my seeing him so often, because I just knew something was wrong ( my feeling was he probably was thinking I'm a hypochondriac) and my continually losing weight.....he ordered the CScan. He then called me back in, sat down with me, held my hand, and told me the results..... showing BE. That was in August of 2022, approximately five years after the start of my having to clear my throat in the mornings. It wasn't until October of 2023 at NJH that I found out I did have MAI. The local pulmonologist was doing NOTHING so onto NJH I went...... and so glad I did go up to Denver. To date NJH and Tyler, the BE specialists, do not feel I need to start antibiotics because of the MAI being so little and I haven't had an exacerbation. I am very fortunate in that respect. Hope this wasn't too much info.