In 2012 I contracted Pseudomonas, I have no idea how. The Dr kept thinking I was having asthma problems. I didn't look sick for most of the time until the end. Finally after 5 Dr.s and the last being an infectious Dr he knew what it was. First question, how long have you been hoarse? I told him a year and that it felt like I was breathing through a thick web or a thick piece of cheese cloth. He knew what it was. Confirmed with sputum samples and got rid of it. By the end of the year my lungs were so damaged from the year long episode with Pseudomonas that all of the little hairy things in the lungs were either deformed and destroyed. I could no longer move mucus out of my lungs. That led to many other infections, one after another. Finally I got an airway clearance device but by that time I think I had already had so many infections and so much scarring, Bronchiectasis had arrived. If I had have found the correct Dr with the Pseudomonas sooner, I do not believe that I would have the lung issues that I have today.