@emport I also was a nonsmoker , had been diagnosed with asthma, had TERRIBLE pneumonia for over 3 months .. 5 rounds of antibiotics, 3 rounds of steroids .. SO sick. Finally my Pulmonologist had my sputum cultured. It came back showing that I had MAC .. Mycobacterium Avium Complex. She then sent me to an Infectious Disease doctor who confirmed it. I can only speak for myself .. but I had never in my life heard of such a thing .. but was determined to get to the bottom of it .. went to Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN who then confirmed it.

So if I was sitting in your shoes .. it can't hurt to request a sputum culture working with an Infectious Disease doctor just to rule out MAC. Frankly if I was you .. doesn't sound like your problem is building up your immune system .. your issue is getting to the ROOT cause of what is going on in your body. You can't put pretty clothes over a dirty body .. gotta clean up that body before putting on the ball gown! Just my opinion. If I was you .. I'd seek out the root cause .. not just keep tossing short term antibiotics at your poor body. Hope just a few of these thoughts help you. Sending you a hug in this tough time! Katherine

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