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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 21 5:21pm | Replies (9354)Comment receiving replies
Kathy, I just started the treatment about 1 1/2 months ago. My experience is very much like Kate's at this point. Very tolerable up until now. I'm hoping it continues along this line. Like you the cough is sometimes almost unbearable and can be so embarrassing. I'm hoping this treatment works and helps with my overall health and breathing. I have had copd for well over 20 years but was getting along pretty well up until a year ago when I had lung volume reduction surgery and the MAC was discovered. I have tried to tell the doctors for years that I felt there was something else going on other than just the copd going on. I think the MAC may be what it was I just didn't know I had it or ever heard of it.
Good luck, give it a try if it becomes a problem you can always stop the treatment.
John
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@jml060448 Hello John, and welcome to our group! I see that you just joined us yesterday. Just above your post, you will see a white box in the purplish/blue field that says 'Oldest to Newest' with a drop down arrow. If you click on the arrow and then click on NEWEST, you will then be included on current conversations. You can also access a list of topics on the Discussion Board that is located on this Group's main page 'Mac & Bronchiectasis. I too have had COPD for years; mine is congenital. I have bronchiectasis also and have had mac and pseudomonas. I have tested negative to both for three and half years. Are you now being treated for mac with the three antibiotic regimen?