@namd Truthfully, I believe there are a lot of us!! I think Terry did a survey a few years back and there were many teachers and nurses who contracted NTM. God bless you that you could keep working! After 43 years I just couldn’t go any further - or I should say my body and its infinite wisdom said to stop in 2014! I don’t think I could have done the meds and worked. I’m sure there are many who are able to do that. I’m sorry MAI has returned for you . All I’m going to tell you is I’ve been on this journey since 2015 and probably longer. I have chronic MAC/aspergillisis and BE but I’m ok. I’m 75 and have two German shepherds who give me a reason to get going every day - all day!! I’ve been cured on occasion, but golly gee that stuff is relentless . But I’m a tough cookie so I keep keeping on! The most important thing is to nebulize to keep other pathogens from moving in … like in The Mitten story - move over and another animal kept pushing in till the mitten burst! Nebulizing is probably the most important thing we can do to help ourselves! Good luck to you! Irene 5