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The vagaries of this ailment: How MAC changes without fanfare

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Apr 8, 2020 | Replies (22)
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@sueinmn

@thumperguy I am a little surprised to hear how dramatically your response to the saline & vest have become. Like you, I experienced an increase in mucous production after the switch, but recently I have had the opposite situation - even after the neb, I have little mucous. Yes, it is a strange condition indeed.
Have you told your doc about this recent, quite dramatic change? Or, is it possible the running nose signal you may also have developed an allergy of some sort? I find that my nose behaves quite well all day if I take my allergy meds, but in the early morning when I first get up, I sneeze several times and it runs like a faucet for roughly 30 minutes to an hour, then settles down - this is before I even neb. I have always attributed it to allergies, but who knows.
Let us know how this goes.
Sue

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thumperguy | @thumperguy | Mar 31, 2020

No Sue I've not spoken to my doc for several months. Due to see him in early early May. I can't imagine him suggesting anything I'd be willing to do. Plus, as I said I'm not really unhappy about the sharp increase in mucous clearing despite the yuck factor.

And Rits about being "one strong guy." I suspect one skinny, gnarly guy might be more faithful, at least to visual reality. However, I do take comfort in the likelihood that my overall immunity is good secondary to a generally healthful diet and exercise lifestyle.

And Nan, you're probably onto something. My wife is a lifelong asthma sufferer and thus exquisitely aware of environmental conditions, e.g., pollen, cold temps, cat and dog contact and so on. Despite her influence I'm typically late to consider that stuff going on in my nasal, laryngeal workings might be simply that I got a snoot full an airborne enemy.

As is often the case I feel like I haven't "paid my dues" in suffering nearly so much as so many people on the board have. My MAC is apparently not "severe." I take an Eliquis for Afib and a B-12 tab but nothing for my lung disorders. The exception being an antibiotic when I have an acute febrile flareup. Don

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