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7% and excessive phlegm

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 8, 2022 | Replies (47)
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I started big three Nov 2021 and lasted two weeks.Could not tolerate it .I am very slowly recovering from a 2 week hospital stay for pneumonia and the flu(did me in).I do airway clearance withAerobica 3 and 7%.Not using vest until I get my strength back.I also need a heart valve replacement.I also use Mucinex.I take a blast of albuterol and wondering if doing it with neb is better.No pressure but your advice is most important to me

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Sep 10, 2022

Good morning, I'm glad you are recuperating, and now I understand the mucus - pneumonia used to make me feel like I was drowning in mucus - for weeks and weeks afterwards. Do you feel it is diminishing at all?

When you take your albuterol, are you using a spacer with the inhaler? That gets more of it to your lungs. I find the inhaler just as useful as a neb, as long a my chest isn't feeling "tight" - then I use my neb.

I hope as your lungs heal from the pneumonia the mucus will improve.
Sue

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