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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 29, 2022 | Replies (310)
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@flib Got to be a little careful about sticking to 8 glasses of water everyday for long term. There is no consensus in the medical community as to the benefit of drinking 8 glasses a day. Besides, vegetables and fruits and other foods provide plenty of water unless you have very little of them in your daily diet. Water is a good thing for the most part. But it can also be dangerous if we have too much of it. Here is an article from Huffington Post in which people are debating the pros and cons. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/drinking-8-glasses-of-wat_n_899276.html
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You had me go to the article and it was quite interesting. One of my meds produces so much dry mouth and my PCP just told me that I might need to drink more water. I drink at least 8 glasses a day and my mouth is still dry. I had to really fight hard with 2 medicines clearly prescribing my tiredness as being depression. It made no sense and my Pulmonary doctor was angry that the MAC was clearly diagnosed as a psychological problem. After being diagnosed at 45 with Psychomotor Seizures, I had brain surgery with no follow-up care. Wrong diagnosis after another - wrong meds. Withdrawals were horrendous. I feel when I ask a question here, people try to answer or give you some support. There are so many people finally talking to me and I am going to approach my doctors with some straight questions about MAC and why it has been put on the back burner. Ironically my brother is a cardiologist who appears concerned about the diagnosis of MAC and my direction or lack of direction. He 's had some major medical himself so this group has become so important to me.