Thanks for your reply.
Rick - That must have been a moment when you said to the doctor "let me sit down. This is a bit much to comprehend and take in emotionally."
You have done such a great job of persevering and that 'ain't' easy. Your posts help so many!!!!
Yes, my symptom of needing to clear my 'throat' in the mornings began a couple of years before my diagnosis. Every once in awhile I would bring up, what I now know of as a mucus plug, that was deep green in color. When I told my PC doctor about it he wasn't concerned. I no longer have the deep green it is faintly yellow as a mucus plug and the mucus is nearly clear if not clear. I was one of the so called lucky ones that the MAI in 2023 was a low count. Waiting on my last sputum submission to know what is what. I have felt well all along and I think that confuses the PC doctors. It was my weight loss that finally caused him to order the C Scan.
Barbara