@auntnanny .. Jan, green sputum usually means pseudomonas. PLEASE have your doctor check for this. Hugs Katherine

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PSEUDEMONIS INFECTION- COUGHING BADLY Member @windwalker, Terri I am on a bi-monthly cycle of 28 days on tobramycin (inhaled antibiotic with nebulizer) then 10 days off, then 10 days on cipro, then 10 days off, then back on tobramycin.

Member @pamelasc1, Pamela, and @jentaylor My cough got much worse and I was coughing up stuff I could not believe - my doctor had the sputum tested for pseudemonis, and that is what I had, above and beyond the MAC - has to be treated with Levofloxacin. Once I got on that, it cleared up within 3 weeks and no more coughing up terrible stuff - you may want to get a test for pseudemonis, just to rule it out. The sputum had a distinct taste, smell & color (dark gray & dark green) or color was off white, gray maybe a bit greenish, but mostly grey - and very thick and mucousy.
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20161

Member @tay4rake I too was diagnosed with pseudomonas after having MAC two times. The first treatment for pseudomonas was a 14 day Rx of Ciprofloxacin. I felt better immediately and the symptoms went away. Within 2 weeks of finishing my Rx the symptoms started to come back. My sputum was retested and I still had pseudomonas. I was prescribed the Tobymycin Inhaler for 30 days. I have very good insurance but my out of pocket was over $1000. It was worth every penny. The Tobymycin worked and I have been feeling major symptom free since I finished it May 2016.

Member @windwalker, Terri Healthwell is a charitable organization that helps with your co-pay if you fall within a certain financial bracket. They helped pay for my tobramycin. Am super grateful for it. I do donate voluntarily back to them some $$ to give back and help replenish their funds. Hope this helps. Also, if any of you out there want to donate to them, it is a tax deductible item. Plus, it helps many people, especially those with Cystic Fibrosis. (Tobymycin is expensive, but there are other charities that help pay for it. The specialized Walgreen's pharmacy has a list of those charities. Treatment with 'Toby' is ONE drug, nebulized straight into the lungs, no harsh side-effects.)

Member @shiell I have read everything today that I find on this site. I am beginning a 28 day therapy with inhaled tobramycin. I am 87 and relatively active. Caretaker part time for spouse with end stage COPD. Thanks for being here. .. and .. After beginning tobramycin inhalation I developed what was believed to be "orbital cellulitus", hospitalized, put on oxygen( never had been before) my skin and eye looked bad. The eye doc though "contact dermatitis". After three days was discharged and saw my eye doc four days later. Eye looks pretty good prescribed Tobra ointment, used that night, same eye next A.M. back to doc. Now doing the inhaling, not believing I'm tied to the O2

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