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Playing Hooky - taking a day or session off of nebulizing

Posted by thumperguy @thumperguy, Feb 13, 2022

I’ve tended to be a “Dudley Do Right” about faithfully maintaining adherence to a twice daily schedule on the nebulizer using 7% saline solution on the strength of its reputation for its capability to kill or diminish the strength of MAC infections. This evening however I’m “hookin’ out”; living dangerously.
Hope I “get away with it” and don’t end up taking a worse “Thumpin’, Don

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Terri Martin, Volunteer Mentor | @windwalker | Mar 19, 2022
In reply to @bluesplashgirl "addendum - Went to pulmonary doc at Mayo for breathing tests and CT scan. My lung..." + (show)
@bluesplashgirl

addendum - Went to pulmonary doc at Mayo for breathing tests and CT scan. My lung function has improved and the cavity has collapsed. It is gone! Woo Hoo! No surgery! Thanks for listening!

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That is such good news that I must post to you twice how glad I am to hear that. It isn't often that one hears about lung function improving. Bravo!

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BlueSplashGirl/ Carolyn | @bluesplashgirl | Mar 19, 2022
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That is such good news that I must post to you twice how glad I am to hear that. It isn't often that one hears about lung function improving. Bravo!

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Thanks so much Terri. I have to say I was elated. I continue using my dry salt inhaler and aerobika and Big 3 until I have clear sputum for a year. I'll take it! Dr Clain is in Rochester, MN.

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thumperguy | @thumperguy | Mar 21, 2022
In reply to @cila "Don, do you cough when you do nebulize? I do cough a lot and I feel..." + (show)
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Don, do you cough when you do nebulize? I do cough a lot and I feel like the saline is so strong. I used 7 percent and do 2x a day. Thanks for listening. Cila

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Cila. Yes, I do cough when I neb 7% saline. And you’re right 7%. Despite relatively long term use, it still irritates ( “catches” ) in my throat in an irritating way. as if to convey a message advising me that it wasn’t designed for this use. I persist with 7% though; its effectiveness in controlling flare ups of “febrile” bronchitis made a believer of me. Don

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