Boomer, Dr. Timothy Aksamit of Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN speaks all over the world on MAC .. and he told me he feels there is a connection between GERDS and MAC despite there not being proven research .. that statement is good enough for me.

Then recently Terri had this experience at National Jewish Health for MAC .. another "mecca" ..
@tdrell .. terri The reason MAC was found in my lungs when i had the bronchoscopy was that I have severe GERD and since it...NTM is in tap water....it had been aspirated into my lungs as I slept.

I think the two experiences give us a very good feel for not discounting GERDS being connected to MAC .. since there is very little money for researching MAC .. it results in very little clinical association/research to prove the hypothesis.

Since as Terri said .. the MAC RESULTS from the GERDS .. it ends up with continuing treatment for the GERDS .. and/or treatment for MAC. Katherine