Hi pop55! I'm new on this forum as well, and have also been diagnosed in August with M. Abscessus. My doctor has initially indicated holding off on treatment, but strangely, since I had a bronchoscopy, I've started feeling quite sick--deeply fatigued, and with a weird general overall "sick" feeling, with chest tightness. I'm beginning to think I want to do the treatment, no matter how bad it is, because currently I have no energy to enjoy life, and I figure it's better to get it done sooner rather than later....