I understand not checking everything. I don't check every condition either. For example, following the advice of my doctor, I no longer have mammograms. I have a neoplasm on my pancreas and I've decided to no longer have the annual specialized mri to see if it's growing and therefore cancerous although my oncologist thinks I should (pcp and gastroenterologist agree with me).

I haven't seen the opthomolgist, dermatologist or even the dentist in a couple of years. But that's due more to the pandemic and the state of my health.

My sputum samples have been negative for MAC since June 2020 following 14 months of antibiotics. I have, however, had pseudomonas, klibsiella and fungus. I had short term antibiotic treatment for the bacteria last year but could not tolerate anything longer than two weeks. Imagine my surprise when my most recent sample, in May, showed only "few pseudomonas" and nothing else. Previously my samples had "many" pseudomonas and have always had fungus which we never treated. When I asked Dr McShane what happened to the fungus, she just said that it wasn't in the sample.

In your situation. I would want to know. Because you are doing so well maybe it's gone!

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