I too lived in extreme fear of being told that I needed the antibiotics. I was told by two Doctors to start them and I refused. I finally went to Mayo in Jacksonville and my Doctor at Mayo has put me on airway clearance. She told me she would not put me on antibiotics unless I had a flare and it would be no more than 2 weeks.
My blood pressure has gone off the charts also because of fear, the levabuterol, and 3% saline solution. I have gone off both of those and now only use the aerobika and huff cough. Since I only started this at the end of the year, I don’t go in for more testing until mid April.
I have started exercising harder and after exercise come home and do the Aerobika and huff cough and there is no difference in what I cough up with this method compared to using the nebulizing drugs. I never coughed up much anyways.
Follow your instincts on what is best for you and your body.
Good luck!