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DiscussionNew Diagnosis of MAC/MAI & I'm scared
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 13, 2022 | Replies (349)Comment receiving replies
Replies to "@andyj Hi, I see an NTM specialist in NYC at NYU. When I was first diagnosed..."
Thanks for your reply and info. I've thought of the mask idea too! Looks like you have the bronchiectasis (which I've just read about for the first time) diagnosis, but not MAC, and that you don't have any symptoms of active infection (what good news!). What prompted you to seek medical attention in 2016? I was bothered by several things which my PC doc sent me to specialist for: shortness of breath when walking uphill, weight loss, and sputum production which required 'clearing' daily and eventually became discolored. Initially I thought that A-Fib was causing shortness of breath, but after cardioversion and medication for A-fib last March, it didn't improve. I too have nodules and tree buds showing on CT scans going back 4-5 years but the doc suggested it might be COPD from 2nd hand smokers. Maybe the infection has been there for years!?!