@susiespencer When you ask about treatment for your infection, have you had a recent CT scan of your lungs? Some people are are to "push back" the infection, for lack of a better term using rigorous, twice a day airway clearance with 7% saline solution, and avoid antibiotics.

When I was treated for MAC, after over 18 months, including six months of daily meds, I like you was very sick and quite depressed from the regimen. But, I still had the infection. At that point, 7% saline was becoming more commonly used, so I stopped antibiotics and increased my airway clearance routine with 7% saline to 3X/day - that was still too much, so backed off to twice a day and I gradually got better - regained energy, cough improved and I gained back some lost weight. My lungs had improved even without antibiotics - shrunken nodules and less cough, no MAC growing in the AFB test. After a year and a half, I felt quite well, but still short of breath, so with my pulmonologist began strategies to improve my asthma.

Now 5 years and 4 months later, my bronchiectasis and asthma are stable, I have no new nodules, just scars from a long bout, and I have been "living dangerously" for 4 months, with the doctor's approval - asthma meds, exercise, daily airway clearance and no nebs unless I get a respiratory bug.

Have you been taught airway clearance techniques, and do you use saline to help control the infection?