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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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Once again, thank you all for the support with my anxiety issues about having my first bronchoscopy. The hospital staff was great. I was totally out for the whole procedure and don't remember a thing. Quite a bit of coughing in the evening, but nothing significant. Now... wait for the path report and the next step of my journey. Yes, this site does help.

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@induh66 Hi. I am glad your procedure went alright. I didn't want to say anything until after your bronchoscopy. I had one done in 2005 by a sadistic doctor who did NOT give me the twilight sedation for mine. She only gave me 5 mg of valium (which did nothing). It was the most horrifying experience I have ever had, and vowed that I would rather die than have another bronchoscopy. She had two orderlies hold me down while she did the procedure. She jammed the scope down into my lungs with such a force that it hit the end of my lung with a thud. I thought I'd go through the roof! Plus, the tube going down into your bronchial tube filled the entire space so that I had the sensation of suffocating, that is the point where the orderlies had to pin me down. I did not know at that time that you should be put under for that procedure. I hate to say this, but I think she did not like white people and took it out on me. I say that because my gut feeling felt that when I first consulted with her. I should have listened to that feeling and gone somewhere else. So, just clarifying for anybody getting a bronchoscope; twightlight sedation is supposed to be induced.