@migizii, From my point-of-view not needing an antibiotic for a year or close to it qualifies as a big success. I seem to need a round every four or so months. Hope 7% is gonna change all that. Anyway, congrats to you for makin' it a year.

@migizi Hellooooo! Just want to say this; there is a reason salt was used to preserve fish and meat over the millinium. Bacteria won't grow in it! Stands to reason that mac wouldn't like salty lungs. Just sayin'....

Idle musing about antibiotics led to this thought. What little I know about commercial fishing happens to include awareness of one of it's downsides, i.e., something called "by-kill," the fish that are unintentionally caught and die along with the cash crop, but never end up on the plate of a person who eats things that swim.. An analogy fits nicely to what happens when we take an antibiotic to destroy an enemy microbe and unavoidably destroy a host of the good guys and gals in our gut; our gut microbiota if you will. It's why I'd bet lots of habitues of this forum swallow a probiotic capsule or, like me, eat a bit of fermented food each day. And now that there's lots of buzz about a communication "axis" between one's gut and one's lungs there's even more reason for us to keep healthy down there. Who would've thunk it? I realize I'm preachin' to the choir, but if you're a new "choir member" I'll add just for you, you don't have to take a pill or even ferment your own probiotic food. No, you can buy "unpasteurized" sauerkraut or kimchi in the refrigerator case at your grocery store. In (gut) Health, Don