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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (33)

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@reneemc

You had a bronchoscopy while you were at NJH?

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Yes. It appears you may be surprised that I did have the bronchoscopy while there.??? Are you??

I was told by my lead doctor that with doing it, Bronchoscopy, we could know what was going on inside my lungs...at least something like that was discussed. At the time I was there I had not found this Mayo site and was very overwhelmed with my diagnosis of BE and not knowing much about Bronchiectasis before going there. I probably would not have had it if I had had more information about it vs the fact that we did/do sputum testing to understand if we have an infection.
Thankfully all went well and it was a breeze during and after for me.
Barbara

NJH is not as anti-bronchoscopy as some facebook groups would lead you to believe. It's a valuable tool that may be used in a difficult diagnosis.