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Life Expectancy with cavitary MAC
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Lingering? No. After a week on IV I feel normal again. After 4-5 weeks, they take me off it and I feel great for the next two weeks. Then my coughing starts and get another culture. Then try another round of IV antibiotics. So that went on 4 cycles. Currently, after those cycles this year, went on inhalation amikacin and cipro (1 week) and remain on amikacin for a month. Doc said that my lungs have been colonized by PSA so much more difficult to get rid of.
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4 to 5 weeks is a long treatment for IV. You may have done that at home instead of hospital. If they try another round shortly after the previous round that would surprise me. I do not know how anyone could tolerate that much without side effects. It seems like many people with Pseudo try the IV route without enough or any help. Then they end up with inhaled and oral. You might knock it back with your current treatment (hope so) but very doubtful you can "get rid of it". I had a similar experience as you with IV for Pseudo but only tried IV one time so far and only for 11 days. My improvement only lasted one week after the IV! And the improvement was dramatic during the IV.