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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Feb 26 7:09pm | Replies (81)Comment receiving replies
@blm1007blm1007 Hi Barbara, yes, it sounds like we do the same thing other than postural drainage-which has never helped me. I did ask my NJH ID doctor about recurrence vs reinfection, and she thought in most cases it's reinfection. She did not rule out the possibility of recurrence. I like Sue's response and that's probably the case minus a few exceptions. That said, I'm going to keep up with my nebulizing and exercising. In November, I decreased my nebulizing 1/day, and a few days not at all. Then with the November positive test, I'm back to nebulizing 2/day. Why take the chance?
As for the "over 400 is high", ID doctor was referring to "count/ml" and I'm not sure if that's colonies. I was thinking it was how many of the individual bacteria is in 1 ml.
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@kathyjjb For me it is easy to bring up the mucus vs how hard it appears for others who say they can't bring up anything? Question: Is it easy for you to bring up the mucus?
The nurse at Tyler (she has been a pulmonologist nurse for years and was Dr. McShane's nurse) who has always been good about answering my questions on my chart messenger. talked in terms of the numbers of colonies as the indicator. The Tyler lab report would indicate the number of colonies and as well give a plus (+) number also when the MAI was showing positive.
I don't know if you read my post elsewhere but I have started doing one day of saline/nebulizing and the next without the saline/nebulizing, however, I am doing all other things I do on the day I nebulize. For me I get up just as much the day I don't nebulize. I want to see how that goes and how I feel. So far fine.
We all have to find our way to what will work for us and what we can or cannot do to save time.
Barbara