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@carolinediehl Welcome to our group - @bayarea58 might be a new member, but she has great advice. Please look for a pulmonologist who regularly treats MAC and Bronchiectasis, only a minority of them do because it is quite rare.
Here is a key - did they teach you to do daily airway clearance to help keep the mucus from building up in your lungs? If not, this is not their specialty.
As for age and treatment, there is a whole lot more involved in the decision, my friend is being evaluated for antibiotic therapy now, even though she is in her late 70's and has other health issues. And the 60% success rate is fairly old news, there are new drugs now that improve infection clearance.
Do you have the option of finding a new doctor?
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His advice was to continue my medications I have been on for years, resume using my vest and nebulizer twice a day with albuterol and 7% saline, and to see him again in 3 months after I get a repeat CT scan along with a pulmonary function test. I have been through Pulmonary Rehab twice already. The only time I bring up sputum is once I am already sick. Vest and nebulizer do nothing. How do I go about finding a doctor who regularly treats MAC and Bronchiectasis? I don't think mine does. The practice web site listed his interests in such things as: Lung cancer, Advanced bronchoscopy, Robotic bronchoscopy, Endobronchial ultrasound, COPD, Asthma, Interstitial lung disease, Obstructive sleep apnea, and Critical care.