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New Diagnosis of MAC/MAI & I'm scared

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 13, 2022 | Replies (349)

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@lorifilipek

@macjane Jane, Hello. I too live in Michigan, at least in the summer (Arizona in the winter)—on a small lake in Hartland Township about 30 miles north of Ann Arbor. I was recently diagnosed with a mild case of MAC at the University of Michigan Medical Center. My infectious disease doctor told me that it is very unusual for someone in Michigan to have MAC and suspects I got it in Arizona (or Colorado, where I lived for 27 years). I’d love to know where/how you think you got MAC. Where in Michigan do you live? Do you have city or well water? (I have well water in an area of prairie fens.) Have you recently lived anywhere other than Michigan?
Thanks and good luck, Lori

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@lorifilipek, Hi Lori. Not sure if I had mentioned it to you before or not, but I caught my mac in Tucson, Az. pretty sure from our hot tub. Arizona is one of our country's 'Hot Spots' for mac. Some other states are: Florida, California, Wisconsin, Hawaii, and I think New Hampshire. Well water is supposed to be void of mac in most cases. I don't know why that is. So, that is one blessing you can count.