Yes, I was taking the antibiotics 7 days a week, and still had positive cultures even though my lungs looked better on CT. So for the past 5 plus years I have managed with saline, airway clearance and Symbicort. I add levalbuterol and budesonide if I have an exacerbation. My most effective airway clearance is from vigorous walking, yoga or yard work followed by huff coughing and sometimes Aerobika.

I had a visit with my pulmonologists this week and they said it must be effective since there are no mucus plugs or infection signs in my most recent CT. Now we are working on getting an effective sputum culture to confirm still no infection hiding in my lungs.