Same here @ tiinasims...if it hadn't been for this group I would have never known about the saline solution. And one of the other most invaluable things I ever learned from here and that was from Katherine (sp?) and she taught us about being your own advocate in your journey with doctors. I can't tell you what that taught me. It first taught me to ask my first pulmonologist for saline even though he looked at me kinda crosse-eyed, so I pushed him for it and got it. And then I asked my second pulmonologist for something that was alternative and he gave me the same look so I found a functional medicine doctor and got what I want. And a good friend of mine who is probably 85 and has had bronchiectasis for years finally got 7% solution after using 3% forever and I saw her at the gym and she looked like a new person. She said she couldn't believe how much stuff she got up with the 7%. And that was because of telling her what I learned here!! There's all these smart people on here and I can't name them all but Terri (@windwalker) is a fount of information and has been for years. I would like to thank all you smart people for your knowledge and you know who you are. Nannette (Nan)