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Thank you for your replies. I have been trying to read a lot not only here, there is conflicting info it seems. The Dr. said they were afraid of my resistance to Zithro and I am allergic to another. My pneumonia encompassed my entire upper right lobe and it still is present on my Ct scan. I will talk to my Pulm again, and continue to read. I live in NJ so anyone who may know a Dr. let me know.
I will consider a second opinion Thanks.

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Hi Patty, I'm in New York City. I was diagnosed in Dec 2016 with MAI and bronchiectasis. I checked out the American Lung Association website and the NTM website for Drs. I just started going to Dr. Kamelhar at NYU. He was one of the recommended Drs. I suggest you check on line also and see if you find a Dr near you, or maybe someone else on here can suggest a Dr they have used.
Gina K

Hi Gina, were you put on the BIG THREE antibiotics? How are you doing now? - Terri M.

Hi Patty. Please keep us posted on how you are doing and what they are doing for you. Hope you are feeling better soon. - Terri M.

Did you get the referral of a dr in NJ posted by terrib1 ?

No, no antibiotics yet. Both my regular pulmonary Dr. and the specialist, Dr. Kamelhar at NYU don't think it's necessary yet. I have no symptoms. I'm using the Aerobika twice a day, but don't have much mucus to cough up. I'm scheduled in two weeks to have a sputum induction. I've never had that before so we'll see what happens after that.
Gina K

@ginak, Gina, good for you that you are using your Aerobika twice a day .. one of the best things you could be doing for yourself!! GREAT for lung clearance .. smart girl! Keep us posted on how your sputum cultures go .. AND ALWAYS request a HARD copy of the reports so you can keep track of things .. AND ask about anything you don't understand on the reports! Hugs! Katherine

I had similar, went for the induction and nothing came up

JO Ann