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MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Mar 4, 2023 | Replies (27)
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Thank you! Guess I was unclear about question. I was wondering if anyone else has undergone surgeries while taking antibiotics for MAC? If so, do antibiotics affect recovery?
I will be starting MAC treatment in April. I am asymptomatic now, but advised that I have best chance of combating it sooner rather than later since number of nodules is increasing significantly.
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I did have surgery while on antibiotics, and I cannot recommend. The MAC antibiotic regimen takes a toll on body - fatigue, depressed appetite and sometimes other symptoms, that make it difficult to put energy into rehab and recuperation.
If your MAC is mild, maybe you can discuss deferring antibiotics and doing airway clearance with 7% saline. Have the surgery, then have your sputum tested and lungs scanned to see if nodules are stable or improving. Another choice, which I used at one point in antibiotic therapy, was a 3 week "holiday" - 7 days before surgery to 2 weeks after. The ID doc endorsed this option.
Sue