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Thank you everyone for sharing your experience with the IV antibiotics infusions. It has really been helpful and calmed my nervousness down about starting them. I’m curious as to how you know if they are working. Do you feel better, less flare ups, less coughing up mucus, etc,? I have M Abcesses and had a really bad flare up with bronchitis and pneumonia so my Stanford pul wants to start me. I don’t know what drugs they will be. Also he told me the goal is on the IV for a year but do it just as long as I can. Thank you all again for sharing as I don’t know what I would do without this site to talk about BE and all that comes with it.

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@patti55 I have had IV treatments 2 different times. 1st time for pseudonymous 8 weeks and aspergillosis 6 weeks. I was very nervous however my ID doctors were great I did the first treatment in their office and was very confident when I left. The whole 8 week treatment was a breeze. Shower sleeves are great, and the net covers the pharmaceutical company worked well to cover Picc line with very nicely. 2nd time was about 8 years after first time and was for 8 weeks again. Only antibiotics. And my follow up bronc in June showed cultures no signs of pseudonymous, only a footprint that I had had it. Hopes this helps.