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(MAC/MAI) Mycobacterium Avium Complex Pulmonary Disease: Join us

Posted by Katherine, Alumni Mentor @katemn, Nov 21, 2011

I am new to Mayo online .. I was hoping to find others with .. MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX PULMONARY DISEASE (MAC/MAI) and/or BRONCHIECTASIS. I found only 1 thread on mycobacterium accidently under the catagory "Lungs". I'm hoping by starting a subject matter directly related to MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX PULMONARY DISEASE (MAC/MAI) I may find others out there!

I was diagnosed by a sputum culture August 2007 (but the culture result was accidentally misfiled until 2008!) with MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX PULMONARY DISEASE (MAC/MAI) and BRONCHIECTASIS. I am now on 5 antibiotics. Working with Dr. Timothy Aksamit at Rochester Mayo Clinic .. he is a saint to have put up with me this long! I was terrified of the treatment . started the first antibiotic September 3, 2011 ... am now on all 5 antibiotics for 18 mos to 2 years. Am delighted at the very bearable side effects!

I wrote on the 1 thread I found: If you google NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX PULMONARY DISEASE (MAC/MAI) you will learn a LOT about the disease. But PLEASE do NOT get scared about all the things you read .. that is what I did and nearly refused to do the treatment until after a 2nd Micomacterium was discovered! Educate yourself for "due diligence" .. but take it all with a grain of salt .. you are NOT necessarily going to have all the terrible side effects of the antibiotics! Good luck to you!

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January 2017 Update

One of our great Connect Members .. @Paula_MAC2007  .. had a wonderfully helpful idea that I wanted to share! Her idea .. as you read through the pages to gather information on our shared disease of MAC you can develop a personal "file cabinet" for future reference without the necessity of reading all the pages again!

If you have the "MS Word" program on your computer:
- Document Title Example:  Mayo Clinic Connect MAI/MAC Information
- Then develop different categories that make sense to you such as:  Heath Aids .. Videos .. Healthy Living .. Positive Thinking .. Baseline Testing and Regular Testing .. Antibiotics ..
Tips for
- As you read the pages .. copy/paste/save things of interest into that MS Word document under your preferred categories for future reference.

Then as you want to refer back to something in the future .. YEAH!  You have now created your own personal "file cabinet" on MAC/MAI!  Go to it!

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the MAC & Bronchiectasis Support Group.

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Oct 2, 2017
In reply to @pfists "@windwalker888 Hi Terri I went to the website for the Nitric Oxide study being done and..." + (show)
@pfists

@windwalker888
Hi Terri
I went to the website for the Nitric Oxide study being done and they concluded another small study that was very encouraging for us with NTB. They are now doing one more 10 person study.
One person went 7000 to 500 colonizing NTM
The other person went to 0 colonizing NTM. That was in just three weeks time.
Let all hope and pray that this option becomes available to our community here!

Here is a link
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/09/13/1120291/0/en/AIT-Therapeutics-Adjuvant-Nitric-Oxide-Treatment-Shown-to-be-Safe-and-Effective-in-the-Compassionate-Use-Setting-in-Cystic-Fibrosis-Patients-with-Non-tuberculous-Mycobacteria-NTM-I.html

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@colleenyoung , Colleen, that is absolutely what we all should be focusing on right now. We have kicked the can around enough about the disease. We all need to DO something about it! How many of you have visited the http://www.NTMinfo.org?

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boomerexpert | @boomerexpert | Oct 2, 2017
In reply to @pfists "@windwalker888 Hi Terri I went to the website for the Nitric Oxide study being done and..." + (show)
@pfists

@windwalker888
Hi Terri
I went to the website for the Nitric Oxide study being done and they concluded another small study that was very encouraging for us with NTB. They are now doing one more 10 person study.
One person went 7000 to 500 colonizing NTM
The other person went to 0 colonizing NTM. That was in just three weeks time.
Let all hope and pray that this option becomes available to our community here!

Here is a link
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/09/13/1120291/0/en/AIT-Therapeutics-Adjuvant-Nitric-Oxide-Treatment-Shown-to-be-Safe-and-Effective-in-the-Compassionate-Use-Setting-in-Cystic-Fibrosis-Patients-with-Non-tuberculous-Mycobacteria-NTM-I.html

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Reminder to all: I started this thread last year for the express purpose of organizing advocacy https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/we-must-advocate-for-ourselves/

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pamelasc | @pamelasc1 | Oct 2, 2017
In reply to @pamelasc1 "Terri - this is Pam in Boston - I posted two emails last week but can..." + (show)
@pamelasc1

Terri - this is Pam in Boston - I posted two emails last week but can not find them on the recent digests - one was asking if anyone has had low oxygen levels on non-stop 6 hour plane flights, the other was asking about how to avoid GERD. Can you find these? Are they there? If not, I will resend. Thanks, Pam

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Hi Colleen - many thanks for your help... I did not know how to get into my messages and replies - so thank you, and thank you also for the info on GERD. Pam

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Oct 2, 2017
In reply to @heathert "Hi all, more good news on Bronchiectasis today https://bronchiectasisnewstoday.com/2017/09/26/fda-accepts-aradigms-nda-for-linhaliq-to-treat-non-cystic-fibrosis-bronchiectasis/?utm_source=BRO+E-mail+List&utm_campaign=33eecc16ae-RSS_WEEKLY_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d9df0e1c03-33eecc16ae-72406537" + (show)

@heathert Wow! That is great news! They are two months ahead of schedule for filing the application. Aradigm was one of the sponsors at the NTM conference in D.C. They said they planned on filing that app in Dec. & were trying to get it released by spring of 2018. Lets hope that early filing will mean an early release. I am impressed, because the speaker said they would try to expedite that.

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Oct 5, 2017
In reply to @auntnanny "pfists Mayo's called me this morning and have called in cipro for me to pick up..." + (show)
@auntnanny

pfists Mayo's called me this morning and have called in cipro for me to pick up tomorrow. Guess we'll see how that goes. Thanks for the encouragement

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@auntnanny , Hi Jan. Are you feeling any better now? How are things on the ranch?

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pfists | @pfists | Oct 5, 2017
In reply to @windwalker "@nick52, I looked up each individual ingredient in Clear Lungs, seems that the one ingredient, licorice,..." + (show)
@windwalker

@nick52, I looked up each individual ingredient in Clear Lungs, seems that the one ingredient, licorice, can be dangerous to many people with other underlying health issues. If more than three grams a day is used, it can lower potassium levels and cause high blood pressure. People with heart, liver, or kidney disease should not take suppliments with licorice. Also, people with diabetes should avoid it also, along with people who use corticosteroids; which is most patients with COPD. One needs to discuss this licorice ingredient with their doctor before use. Gosh, licorice! Who knew??

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@nick52
Sorry I didn't see your question until now.
My Doctor does not put me out completely with the borchoscope but really relaxed. I did try to watch the procedure on the screen with a little success.
He mentioned doing 3-4 scopes a year.
Since then I have been feeling real good with way more energy and breathing better. Also ragweed season is over which Im allergic to so not sure how much is the scope or other things. I also noticed on the days the fires were going on and our air quality was bad I couldn't be out much at all.
How are you doing and did you decide to get the book?
Take care,
Shari

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auntnanny | @auntnanny | Oct 5, 2017
In reply to @auntnanny "pfists Mayo's called me this morning and have called in cipro for me to pick up..." + (show)
@auntnanny

pfists Mayo's called me this morning and have called in cipro for me to pick up tomorrow. Guess we'll see how that goes. Thanks for the encouragement

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I finished two weeks of cipro as sputum tests showed pseudomonas....... I'm coughing a little but nothing that keeps me from doing what I need to do. I don't know if it totally got it or maybe just made it better. Too soon to do another sputum test after just finishing the cipro. I understand it will keep working for a week or so????? Don't know if any of that is right. But, overall..... I'm good. thanks for asking. Jan

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Jo Ann K | @jkiemen | Oct 5, 2017
In reply to @windwalker "@nick52, I looked up each individual ingredient in Clear Lungs, seems that the one ingredient, licorice,..." + (show)
@windwalker

@nick52, I looked up each individual ingredient in Clear Lungs, seems that the one ingredient, licorice, can be dangerous to many people with other underlying health issues. If more than three grams a day is used, it can lower potassium levels and cause high blood pressure. People with heart, liver, or kidney disease should not take suppliments with licorice. Also, people with diabetes should avoid it also, along with people who use corticosteroids; which is most patients with COPD. One needs to discuss this licorice ingredient with their doctor before use. Gosh, licorice! Who knew??

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I have been reading some of the sections online. I read allot about the 2 herbs.

I think I will get the book and do some price comparisons from sources of the herbs but want to stay with the same formulation.

Jo Ann

 

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