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Hi friends. These are such good questions and things I think about all the time. I boil all my drinking water for 10 minutes. If I’m out and don’t have my boiled water I purchase spring water and then use my steripen to sterilize it. I take shallow baths and use a handheld shower for quick rinsing and I make sure the bathroom fan is on and the door is open. I don’t buy any coffee out or anything that could have water in it. I brush my teeth with spring water. I do all this and wonder if it’s overkill sometimes. I understand the danger of inhaling water steam/vapor, but what about water that goes into our stomachs? Can it only hurt us if we have GERD? I’ve not been taking any chances and boil everything, but it is a major inconvenience and if I was assured that drinking unsterilized water couldn’t hurt me it would open up a little margin in my life. I do not think I have acude reflux but then again I heard there is a silent variety so I’m unsure and don’t take any chances!

Thanks for the support I receive from all of you on this forum!
Jill

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Hi Jill-
I believe you will be going to NJH in Denver? I would imagine you will be asking some of the same questions that you have brought up on the threads here and are concerned with, as we all are, while seeing doctors at NJH.
Hope we will be able to hear from you after your visit there, if time allows for you, with any information you gathered while there...such as food/water intake that has not been boiled or cooked. Yes, much of all we must do and think about is time consuming and life limiting. One person wrote somewhere that Bronchiectasis MAC is not a death sentence it is a life sentence. Just the ability to venture outside the home to restaurants requires decisions of all sorts.
Do you have a date scheduled in for your visit to NJH yet?
Barbara