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The Wages of a missed Neb session.

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Feb 3, 2022 | Replies (66)

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I very seldom have missed my 2x daily treatment and believe the last time l missed one was in December. My treatment takes an hour without counting time to disinfect devices and to calm my breath afterwards so that I can get going. An extremely burdensome activity!

I am two years without MAC showing up (waiting on final results of recent sample) and one year off antibiotics. If it showed up again, (yikes) I want to be confident that it wasn't something I did, or didn't do, that caused it. Yes there are other things I should be doing. Or would rather be doing. But my health is my first priority. Imo nothing else is as important. And for both bronchiectasis and bacteria, airway clearance is main treatment.

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@rits....I agree with you. My neb and postural draining take 3 hours a day and I try never to miss them. I work on puzzles during nebulizing and listen to books on tape during draining. These activities make coughing tolerable.
I have been free of MAC for 6 years now and had only one or two bronciectasis exacerbations. Prior to treatment I had exacerbations every 6 weeks at least. The neb treatments keep my asthma under control unless I experience extraordinary triggers. I am content with the treatments, since I remember how horrible it was to cough 24 hours a day.