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@sueinmn

Sorry, I will repeat, we are not doctors and cannot make a diagnosis or treatment recommendation for anyone else. I believe your doctor recommended that you focus on symptoms - breathing, fever, shortness of breath - and concentrate on managing that, because eradication is unlikely. It is not useful to compare sputum colors between patients as we are all individuals with our own unique characteristics.

What I have found most useful is to listen to and trust my docs. Then let the rest go and live my best life. So, if I get a fever, more coughing, inability to clear mucus using airway clearance, increased shortness of breath, I follow my "emergency" plan - worked out with my primary, ID doc and pulmonologist. Otherwise, I just do my daily self-care (which may be different than yours) and go on with life.

For example, I have had some long days this week, tomorrow is my "rest day" - my alarm is shut off, and I will do limited strenuous activity, maybe even nap in the afternoon for a bit.

Have you and your doc worked out a plan of what to do if symptoms - fever, shortness of breath, inability to clear lungs or increased fatigue - happen?
Sue

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Thank you very much Sue. No, I don't have a plan as you mentioned, but I will ask my pulmo when I see him this month. I have noticed that I easy get tired than before. I was well till April, 2021. The pulmonologist then did not know much about bronchietasis and I didn't receive proper instructions to mange the disease. Only last Oct, I was diagnosed after seeing a new pul. I'm new to all this and still learning. Thank you for your suggestions.