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Options if MAC goes untreated

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Dec 15 9:59am | Replies (96)
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Thanks, Sue. It brings me hope that you’ve cleared much of yours. My doc wants me to use 3 or 7% a couple times a week over winter and maybe I’ll be able to clear more. I tried it using my slow compressor and it very soothing (odd, right?), but I could never finish it because it was so slow! I just got a Proneb Max and tried yesterday and found out why people think it’s irritating. That was the 3%! I’ll figure it out since there’s so much info here.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Oct 22 12:23pm

I don't worry about finishing the saline - just breathing it in for 15 minutes (the limit of my patience) - if a little is left, no worries.

A while ago I posted (somewhere) in the 7% saline discussions that in my case, I think is stays in my lungs for a couple of days. It all started when I forgot my nebulizer on an overnight trip and did airway clearance without it in the morning - I could clearly taste the salt in the mucus I was clearing. Later that evening, back at home, I again could taste it when I coughed. That led me to believe alternate day nebbing would be "good enough" and I have been doing it ever since.

And now, out to walk...it is still lovely here, no jacket required nearing the end of October - wow!

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