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Should I keep my NJH appointment?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Feb 20 7:44am | Replies (41)Comment receiving replies
@ellenblythe What are your C Scans showing in terms of mucus or mucus plugs??
Not doing airway clearance at all, was that your personal decision or told to you by someone associated with a pulmonologist associated with a NJH, Mayo, NYU, Georgetown facility?
Interesting...and good to know for others who have hemoptysis.
Barbara
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I also have hemoptysis yet wouldn’t think of not doing my airway clearance. Yes, sometimes clearance does prompt a hemoptysis episode but not one that would cause me to have to head to the ER. Is it possible to reduce the force of your airway clearance regime so as to not trigger a hemoptysis episode? Do you have a smartvest?
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@blm1007blm1007 Hi Barbara, Dr. Haas at NJH told me to stop the airway clearance if I started streaking blood, which I did on about the 4th or 5th day. My Pulmonologist here at home absolutely did not want me doing it because if my history of hemoptisis. I don’t have much mucus and I don’t cough that much. Ironically Im coughing blood thia am!😖. Gotta go pack my ‘go’ bag….in case it gets worse.