Today is a big day in my life!!! I take my last does of 9,300 mg of antibiotics a wk for 27 months!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see what "normal" feels like without all these antibiotics in me. It took 15 months before I got a negative sputum test back and my Dr Adam Anderson at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo wanted me to take the meds for 1 yr after the first negative sputum test for MAI. This journey has been a looooooooong very loooooooong one and not for sure when it even started because I've felt so bad for so long before I was diagnosed with MAI. I had been treated for asthma/COPD/lung infection etc etc etc for over 10 yrs before I was properly diagnosed. Was very lucky tho because during all the testing being done to find out why my lungs were infected all the time a tumor was found on my kidney so had to have that removed and also during testing discovered that I was among the 5% of people who do not respond to acid reflux meds so also had to have a Nissan Fundoplication operation to correct the acid reflux. Thought that would correct all the infection and coughing but didn't so still more testing. In one 12 mo. period I was on antibiotics and steroids 19 times!!!! I would do OK while on the meds but within 3 or 4 days being off of them I'd start coughing and being infected again. Finally after so many dr's I lost track I was sent to the right one who tested me for MAI and now FINALLY hopefully my MAI journey is ending as of tonight when I take the last dose of the big 3. I can now breathe, I can ride my bike, I can dance and I can walk 2 to 3 miles with no problems and I'm 75 yrs old!!!! So please pray that there are no hidden bugs hiding in my lungs just waiting for the antibiotics to cease so they can start growing again. I feel blessed and I feel good!!!

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