@pacathy Thanks.
Scoop also indicated to me that "mucus plugs" are drier harder. What I bring up that I call mucus is clear in the clear solo cup. As a matter of fact I realized recently that my white kitchen sink (that gets cleaned and bleached regularly plus boiling water for the drain) had no longer been looking stained yellow and I believe that represents the mucus going from yellow to clear!????
I see the pulmonologist this next week and will be taking in to him what I bring up to have him clarify what we call that which I am continuously bringing up..... small soft yellow/light green tinge soft pieces. I also took pictures of what I bring up to show him. So hopefully one way or another I will get the medical 'scoop' of what these are.
Thanks for the suggestion of looking up 'inflammatory cascade'. I had not come across that before.
Wonderful that your culture for MAC was negative. Hoping my second submitted sputum sample again tells me good news as the previous...."MAI not showing no respiratory pathogens".
Barbara