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New Diagnosis of MAC/MAI & I'm scared
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 13, 2022 | Replies (349)Comment receiving replies
@ameliar Hi there. I had a chronic cough for 11 yrs. It was pretty constant. It annoyed me and everyone around me. I coughed so violently that I'd pull muscles around my ribs, stomach, and back. It was hard on my organs too, especially my bladder. I started treatment at Mayo clinic in 2013 for mac and the cough lessened considerably. Then, I came down with pseudomonas infection in 2016. I was put on tobramycin antibiotic for a month. At the end of that month, all coughing ceased and has been gone ever since. After having coughed for so many years, I never imagined it could or would go away. (bladder problem went away too). Life is good again. Just want you to know that it is possible for you to feel better again also.
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Thank you for your input. I have been coughing for years. About 2.5 years ago I was told that I had pneumonia... I did not believe it. I always felt like the cough was from a post nasal drip. The DR. put me on levoquin for the supposed pneumonia... the cough went away. It is only the last few months that the cough is back. We have a really bad outbreak of red tide here in FL... I think the pathogens in the air caused stress on my lungs which brought the cough back. I am in the process of doing sputum samples and immunoglobulin tests. After that pulmonary function tests. I have been a runner for 35 years... I still run 5 miles a day. The Dr. says it is the best thing for me to do to keep my lungs strong. I appreciate your encouraging words!!