@bennb023
I'm a 64 year old COPD sufferer. I was diagnosed about 13 years ago. At that time i quit smoking and took up exercise. I work fulltime and exercise at a high level. Up until 2016 I never had a lung infection. In Oct of 2016 I was admitted into the hospital with pneumonia. I recovered. Then in March of 2019 I was admitted a second time for pneumonia. After my release my first chest x-ray showed a small area of infection. We waited until June for the repeat x-ray. That x-ray showed a recurrence of the pneumonia, although I didn't feel sick either time. I just finished a course of oral antibiotics (after the second but not the first x-ray). I have a ct scan next week. If it still shows an infection my primary will refer me to a pulmonologist. My primary doesn't believe my COPD is severe enough to be the cause of an auto-immune disease that is causing these recent lung infections. And if I had MAC or CVID why did I have my first lung infection over 10 years after I quit smoking? However, I'm afraid he is wrong and I have MAC or CVID. How did you get diagnosed? What specialist diagnosed you?