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I'm also 78 years old and just recently diagnosed with bronchiectasis. I saw the pulmonologist this week, he showed me my lung scans and said there are not very many areas. I don't know how much is enough to cause problems. My main problem is fatigue and shortness of breath. He has me taking a short regiment of Prednisone and an antibiotic for 10 days. I'm supposed to take three different sputum samples but I can't get anything coughed up. I can feel it's in my lungs and I wheeze but nothing will cough up. Does this disease progress or will it stop with the few that I have now? I also the breast cancer, chemo and radiation in 2013. I don't know whether to declare myself not serious or keep ahead of this. I see the pulmonologist again it two weeks, I was so overwhelmed with questions from the doctor that I forgot to ask if it progresses . He has also ordered a heart valve echo cardiogram but that won't happen until the end of December. Janice
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@jweisser Hi Janice. Have you had a recent CT Scan of your lungs? If not, ask for it to be done at your upcoming appointment. That is the best way to get a true picture of the health of your lungs. A good pulmonoogist office should have a saline nebulizing station to help you bring up sputem for testing. Mac and bronchiectasis disease is very fickle. For some people, it can progress, & be a very serious, even life-threatening disease. But, the majority of people will have it mildly and experience 'flare-ups' (bouts of lung infection). This is a disease that you will have to keep an eye on. Please read through our past posts and visit the Discussion Board on the group's home page. There is SO much info in our conversations. Are you able to navigate this site alright?