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@garry

Hi I went for years not knowing what I had. Finally a young intern sent me to a specialist and he did at lung test. After that I went on 3 drugs for 6 months. That was 5 years ago. Now I am trying to find some new drugs because the ones I am on are not working. I now have 2 spots on my lungs. I went on an fruit diet. I understood that infection can not live in a normal ph level . So i only ate fruit and vegitables for 6 months lost 30 lbs. Not trying to loose weightjust wanted to eat healthier. I was off all antibiotics for 3 months and now it is back. I believe eatting propperly helped. I was working hard over the three months I was anibiotic free and I got run down.
I have a steam room and a ht tub that I regulary use trying to loosen my chest up. It is not working. Not sure what to do next Garry

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@garry I am so sorry for your frustrating situation. Years ago we would say ,”c’est la vie!”. Now” c’est la guerre” seems more appropriate. It is a good idea to loosen that stuff up in order to get it out , but I am sorry to tell you a hot tub is a big no no for MAC patients. Feel free to google that. Hope you feel better soon. No bueno as my daughter says! (Irene5)

Get rid of the steam room and hot tub...loaded with bacteria that causes the disease. Read up on it; you are doing yourself no good.