Newly diagnosed and can’t get a handle on my anxiety

thanks. can you send me a pic of it all attached? @linda1334

@lizjlb csn you send me a pic of it all attached? thanks

@linda1334 can you send me a pic of all attacked. thanks.

@mjb24 Arikayce is rather dense for an inhaled medication, so my guess would be that people have experienced clogging or reduced output. A few members here have mentioned that they save the old heads and use them to nebulize saline.

Yikes. I was just diagnosed with mild bronch--no symptoms, no idea if infected but my sister has NTM at a scary level. My mom died I believ of effects of NTM but had been over radiated in the 60s for breast cancer. I am terrified--maybe for no reason but told in the interest of caution not to do many of the things I love--steam showers, hot tubs, I have a pet parrot, love to garden. Cannot expen anything from my lungs. But I want to keep it safe even if not infected. QUESTION: Instead of boiling water, which I have not been told to do at this point, will a home water distillation system work for drinking and cooking water? Seems like it should and much better than boiling and probably less in the long run than using distilled water.

@lizjlb Actually I do something better. Here is a link to a video made by one of our group members, @bronchiectasaurus. She goes through the whole process of how to connect the equipment and complete the nebulizing. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/short-video-on-nebbing-saline/ It was very helpful for me and I'm sure a lot of other group members.

Hi. I'm fairly new to a bronchiectasis diagnosis. It's been about 18 months since it was spotted on a totally unrelated CT scan as is often the case. I remember my anxiety going through the roof while waiting to see my specialist. My life was over as I knew it. But 18 months later my life has barely changed. I do everything I did before and the only thing my doctor has asked me to do is use the aerobika on a regular basis. I understand that is to keep stuff from making itself a home in my lungs and causing a future problem. Obviously I can't say its going to stay that way and I pretty much expect it will get worse over time - maybe, maybe not but I don't even think about it right now. I see my specialist every six months and it will be interesting to see if I can even produce a sputum sample at my next appointment in September. I am 68.
Obviously everyone is different and has different symptoms and severity of the disease (and maybe dealing with other complications at the same time) but for me, right now, it is not affecting my day to day activities.
By coincidence my older sister (70) had the same diagnosis 4 years ago (she is in the UK I am in the USA) and her specialist does not have her do any kind of airway clearance other than showing her how to huff cough. But then that's socialized medicine for you LOL.

@linda1334 is this better than a reg nebulizer cup, like 4 pieces?