@bbeers You and I are living with a MAC infection and have chosen not to do the antibiotics, so far. I also have done fine so far after the diagnosis in 2022 with BE and then in 2023 having found out I had a MAC infection (Intercellular) I apparently had the infection long before being told I had a lung infection and therefore was living with it and not knowing what it was. I am ahead of you...83 + two months.
I would say not masking when you hug another, you've been lucky. It is a matter of how long will your/our luck (in a sense) stay with us.
Personally, as much as we don't want to mask inside or with gatherings...it's probably best to do. I am concerned with someone getting too close....and not realizing they are in a contagious stage of an illness. I truly do not want to feel miserable, hospitalized etc. and also have to do BE therapy with nebulizing and huff coughing. I'd probably not be up to doing some part of all I do during my A.M. and P.M. sessions. So, I TRY to be extra cautious....
Barbara