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7% saline continues to deliver.
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 19, 2021 | Replies (85)Comment receiving replies
Sue
I did the half 7% and half 3% for about 2-3 weeks and now back on 7% full strength twice a day. My voice is back to normal as well. I'm also using the vest once a day simultaneously with my nebbing. Feeling much like my old self again. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. The downside is that now about once a week for the last two weeks I have coughed up the dark brown sputum. Looks like Pseudomonas is trying to come back. We all have to stay strong and keep fighting. Faye
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Faye - Maybe that dark sputum is just a sign of how deeply the vest and saline together are able to get in loosening the mucus. I was seeing green in mine for 2 weeks after my flare in May/June, but now its clear or occasionally yellow.
We are experiencing "minor" air quality issues, but my daughters and I all find them quite difficult. For most of a week, I was wearing an industrial N95 mask (with the exhalation valve) outdoors. Today it looks like the overnight rain & wind cleared the air a little.
Hang in there!
Sue