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Hey @soflo take some time to look through the posts here...you will find many alternatives to the "big 3" that others' docs have used on our members with success. There are alternatives: for instance this post from @windwalker; "My current doctor doesn't believe in prescribing the big three, his method of treatment is alternating one antibiotic every other month using a different antibiotic on the off month. This method seems to be working for me so far....I have been on this regimen since 2013. I have steadily been improving." Or this from @pfists: "I have been on the two herbs Criptolepsis and Bidens for a year now with nothing but great results. My MAC went from positive to negative last May and stayed that way." Plus there's complementary therapies, for which one of our members states she "usually turn(s) to NIH's National Center for Complementary and Integrated Medicine (NCCIH). Find a variety of options then present them to your doc...if s/he won't do anything but the big 3, find another doc.
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@carla1196 I live in Palm Harbor and know of no one in Spring Hill...my doc is well regarded and a MAC specialist but he's down here by me...name is Linares...a bit of a schlep but far closer than Mayo which is in northeast FL thus hours away from us.
@windwalker I am...and same back atcha!
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@soflo, This site is better than Facebook. We have moderators on here that try to make sure that everyo e is getting the straight 'dope' so to speak.
@soflo is this near you?
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@windwalker, please let me know when your face book page is up. I follow your posts here but sometimes I find it difficult.
I live in Spring Hill Fl and I am really in need of good Dr’s who have knowledge on MAC with the cavitations and bronchitis? Not sure I spelled that last on correct. Does it take a long time to get into the Mayo Clinic? I did 1 year of the big 3 and I just could not continue the treatment 7 days a week!
Now I am horrified of what is to come next. My ID Dr has not treated anyone before me and my pulmonary Dr is very old school and I never got a clear answer as to if he has treated others like me.