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Super Windwalker!
I am now taking probiotic by Dr Ohhira from OkayAma University in JAPAN
Have you taken probiotics. These are vegetarian formula
Dear Windwalker,
I do not have a clinic around here neither. It is in Moncton NEw Brunswick which is 4 h from home. It was worth it. Does your specialist perform broncoscopy for you?
@nick52, Yes, I do take probiotics capsules some times. I eat yogurt and drink Kefir milk. Are you familiar that? The Kefir has many kinds of live cultures in it.
@nick52, hello! I got a bronchoscopy in 2005 when I was initially diagnosed with MAC. I have not had one since then. My doctor is able to test for active infection with sputem tests. I have had a CT scan in 2013 that confirmed bronchiecstasis, and now I get annual chest x-rays.
@nick52, have you had a bronchoscopy?
Dear Windwalker,
Yes I had a broncoscopy two or three years ago. This is when they found out that I had a MAC and when I was transferred to a specialist.
Dear windwalker,
I am very aware of Probiotic. I have use this with my brother who had a double transplant for lungs. He had a a bacteria and big infections within the lungs. He had intravenous antibiotic for two months but his infection was getting
worst. So he was dying so I got him on high doses of good bacteria and within a month he was cured. I will never stop believing in probiotic. I and he was convinced it saved his life. My specialist recommended to take professional Probiotic from Dr Ohhira's
(check on web). I have just started those. We'll see how it will work. The dr. Says we can't drink enough kefir or eat yogourt to make a difference with the MAC. It is not strong enough. I really feel great since I take those. They are expensive but I have
no more sputum but we will have to wait and see. I didn't had much also with the clear lungs. Milk product is a mucus forming and i would cough sputum mostly after eating it. Fermented Probiotics are dairy free. I will keep you posted on these.
The sputum test is telling if you have an infection right! I had one done at it was negative
Did your Dr said that the MAC is there to stay all your life. That is what the nurse said yesterday. All the scars in the lung that isn't reversible right?
@nick52 I am familiar with some of those ingridients. The Natrum Sulphuricum is the base of many lung related antibiotics. Some naturapaths with use it in it's purist plant form.(Dr. Andrew Weil). I have used Skullcap along with Mullien leaf. That is what Indians have used for hundreds of years as did the settlers. The Dog Quai root is supposed to be super good. Because I have had good success with Chinese accupuncturists in the past recommending these types of remedies; I totally support it. Thanks!