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Just taking everything in since I am new to MAC disease. Am I to assume that you do not have MAC but periodically you end up with some type of lung infection which causes you to have to take an antibiotic. I have not started the Big 3 and haven't decided as to whether I will. So many side effects. I am 75 and wondering if it's worth getting some other problem from the meds at this stage of my life. Thank you

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I am so sorry that you have MAC. I have not been diagnosed with MAC. When very early in my life I was diagnosed with Bronchiectasis, I was told that I had 2 forms of fungi growing in my lungs, coxiomytosis and histoplasmosis (probably spelled incorrectly). It was suspected that I had TB, but instead they found bronchiectasis.

I just got diagnosed with MAC. I, too, am 75. I’m waiting for my second sputum culture result to come back before I start on the antibiotic protocol. I have already had an EKG for a heart baseline; my eye doctor scheduled tests for a vision baseline.
Reading all the possible side effects of the medicines makes me wonder if it’s all worth it in the long run.