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@sueinmn

Can you tell me a little more about your diagnosis and treatment? I have looked at your earlier posts, and it seems you tried antibiotics for a year, so maybe the cough is just bronchiectasis and not an infection?
Sue

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Hi sue

I was on the big 3 for 8 months I stopped treatment myself 4 months before I seen professor. I do my saline nebs twice daily. I am still coughing up sputum that can look green yellow and if I get deeps coughs specs of brown through it. I have pains out my back that come and go. I was diagnosed on my last appointment with ecoli pneumonia and he said he taught I may be carrying abit of it still and came me another of the same antibiotic I took on last appointment Ciprofloxacin 750mg twice daily it's breaking the cough a small bit am I am on it now 5 days, I an still suffering the same illness I originally went to A&E about I finding it truly hard to communicate with my professor. Last appointment I seen a doctor she noted all I'd to say went to see Prof, he came into appointment room said its gone just take this antibiotic and I'll see you in 6 month's, I went into shock when he left I cried to doctor why do I not feel any better of worse, and why are they shadows etc on my xray she said maybe scarring even tho it was cavity Mac I was diagnosed with, apologies it's all over the place I find I'm confused angry and sick and getting out of it mentally is hard when all says I'm good but I don't feel better. When I said to the doctor I think I'll need a second opinion she said there are 4 more consultants over there (other hospital) I think I need to clear my angry mental state before doing it all over again C.