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@sounder27

Hi. I went for an ablation just before this past Christmas, was admitted, readied for surgery, and then the anesthesiologists put s stop to it because of the excessive mucus that I was coughing up due to my Mac and brochiectisid and narrowed esophagus. They told me I couldn’t have the ablation until I cleared up those conditions. I am discouraged and still coughing. I have gone part time with my job which is working with the public designing kitchens in a big box store. I have to tell my clients that I am not contagious. They all think I’ve got bronchitis or pneumonia. My pulmonologist has put me on doxycycline for 30 days which I will start tomorrow. I slso have untreated sleep apnea and gerd, so I sleep on my back on a wedge and this dries my mouth out badly. I was not able to tolerate a c p a p. I’m not sure where to go from here so I just keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep going without thinking about it as much as possible.

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@sounder27 first...no one had a clue that you weren't a candidate for anesthesia when they knew of your conditions? Doesn't give me lots of confidence in your docs... That said find out which condition needs the immediate attention in order to get your procedure so you can get on it...and get more opinions

@sounder27 this all natural cough syrup I order from Amazon has saved me!
Broncolin/Propolis and they also have cough drops!
Amazing stuff!

@sounder27, It sounds like your GERD may be the culprit behind your lung issues, which in turn is hampering your ablation. Have you had time toread up on how to control acid reflux?