Yes, I do receive that, but I don't click on the other discussions. I was only following the original one started by Kate, the MAI/MAC Bronchiectasis one that has over 300 pages. I think there were about 40 pages when I started. Lol

@colleenyoung - That's interesting because I haven't been seeing too many either. Sometimes I see answers to posts that I haven't seen. I've been wondering if something changed and I missed it, but since Katherine passed, it's been pretty quiet. I haven't jumped in to ask because I've been super busy. I get the Digest but rarely look at it because I try to keep up with the daily posts and set aside the ones of interest to me. Linda M

@lindam272 and @colleenyoung The post has gone notably quite since Katherine passed. Many are grieving, some recently returned to the forum and are just learning about it for the first time. One member called me yesterday, and said that she just recently learned about it. She was due to catch a plane and missed it because she was crying so hard. Katherine's passing hit everybody hard. She was so beloved by our members, and I am sure that it just doesn't feel the same without her. I get it, because I miss her too.

Did Katherine pass away because of that MAC?

Nick52...when our mentor Windwalker returns she will double check my answer but I don't believe the MAC was direct cause of Katherines death....but rather other virulent bacterias she acquired that would not respond to medication...that and a very immunocompromised body.tdrell

@nick52, No, not directly anyway. Katherine had a immunocompromised body. She had battled many other serious bacterias over recent years. She had picked up three other types other than MAC that were antibiotic resistant. They weren't the type we would normally come across. They are the ones picked up in hospitals. That is why I stress to avoid hospitals and nursing homes whenever possible.

Wow! Hospital are really dangerous. I got the CDifficil once. They had me take acidophillus and bifido phylus ( yogourt capsule) Many people died from it! The Yogourt Cap gives you good bacteria to fight the bad one.