Hi Sue,
Thanks for this response and for all your responses which have been very educational for me.
I am planning to talk to the office tomorrow and to ask for another sputum culture. The first one was about five months ago and grew nothing. Hence, I have not been diagnosed with MAC/NTM. Actually, pretty frightened about that. Sounds like many people do convert. When I asked my pulmonologist what my prognosis was, she said Very Good. Maybe it's because I am so old already that the time for it to develop is lessened. At my age there is a lot of other stuff going on with my body.
I am flying to the Bay Area in two weeks, the first time I have traveled with the BE diagnosis. I'll be staying with my daughter. I did get my latest Covid vaccine about a month ago. My family knows I have something but have not shown much curiosity about it. My oldest son who was the glue for the family died almost a year and a half ago. It has changed my inner life unimaginably.
I am very active and will keep walking if it is loosening the mucus. I would keep walking anyway. It's what I've done for about 45 years.
I can't believe I wrote so much. Thanks for your wisdom.
Roz