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How much time do you spend managing bronchiectasis?
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I work full time and have a 3 year old so it's tough. The biggest "time saver" for me when it comes to lung protocol is using the baby bottle sterilizer with the drying cycle. That cuts out the need to boil and prep. Do you use a baby bottle sterilizer?
I don't do a nasal rinse but would be curious to know what your process is. I'm not sure I can do another thing to be honest.
I struggle to do two high quality airway clearance sessions in addition to exercising. I do a quicker airway clearance in the mornings (nebulize and then a few cycles of aerobika) when possible, or in the afternoon if morning isn't possible and then my better (longer) session is before bed. I would say a really good airway clearance session takes me 40m. Then I rinse everything off and drop it in the sterilizer. I sterilize everything each time because it's the path of least resistance.
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I go to a PT breathing specialist at NYU. He showed me how to do the nebulizer with the Aerobika in tandem. You need the Aerobica XL so you can attach them. I am finding that it is much quicker as you’re doing both together and I seem to be getting up the same amount of mucus. But you need to sterilize each time as you are breathing in with the Aerobika as well as out. I do also use a baby bottle sterilizer which saves time.