Remodeling and shower heads

Good point. Thank you.

Sue, are you saying that the recent update is questioning the effectiveness of the PALL filters? If so, would you please direct me to that resource? Many thanks in advance.

John Torrence, a patient ambassador with NTMir recommended “rainfall” shower heads.

I cannot find the reference, and only saw it on a recording. I have a very different attitude to many here - I spend only a few minutes a day in my rainfall shower, with hot water set above 135F and an exhaust fan. I don't have the energy to worry about that small an exposure, and considering I have been doing it this way for over 5 years post antibiotics without reinfection, I am feeling fairly safe.
In contrast, I spend hours each day outdoors, especially in my gardens and among my plants, so I take a few more precautions there.
But...I may be proven wrong in the future, and I do have a relatively high risk tolerance when it comes to balancing BE precautions against living my life. So this approach works for me, but others may not be comfortable with it.

Thank you, Sue, for sharing your experience. There are many careful people that take quick showers even without a shower head and no filter. I spent the money on the Pall with great sacrifice because I can’t take cool showers with my incredibly thin torso, and I still have fairly long hair to wash once or twice a week—though I may cut it all off! I have the Pall for four month, and at the end of that I may not be able to continue affording it. John Torrence also recommended getting a cheap Rainfall shower head and replacing it often. I had also just started washing my hair by crouching over the edge of the bathtub and using a stainless steel bowl to wet my hair, and then rinse it once it’s been lathered. Not a long time with the faucet on. Also taking a quick bath and turning the water off while I soap up and then rinse quickly under the faucet, which doesn’t have aerosolizers. We get creative with all this! Finally, I am so happy to hear you have remained infection free! You must be doing a lot of things right!

Sue, I've been reading and wish I could send an email to Dr Joseph falkingham but don't know how to reach him. I heard he answers questions.
I typically take baths. My hubby takes showers. Different bathrooms. I am going to contact Pall as someone said they have one that is used with the diverter for shower tub combo. Are you aware of anything? I would love to find a .2micron filter that works with a pull down kitchen faucet and if it didn't look like a monster that would help. I know it's probably stupid to think this way but I LOVE our kitchen faucet (and it was expensive). I consult in interior design so looks of things are important to me. I know ... get over it right? 😊. I want to be safe.
I've turned the hot water up to 140 and we have an on demand tankless water heater. Changed a year or so ago. LOVE IT. I heard that Dr Joe said tankless may have less NTM production. Do you have knowledge of this? I use lifestraw products to filter drinking water.

Dr. Falkinham is active on NTMinfo.org on their connect site. He seems to regularly answer questions. You'll need to register. You might wish to search through the discussions as a lot of other people have your same concerns about water.

Your water management to avoid NTM seems spot on to me.

Thank you!