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Mucociliary Escalator: What is your airway clearance routine?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 29, 2023 | Replies (50)
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I have been doing airway clearance once a day since March. I nebulize with arbuterol and saline solution and use the Aerobica device. I HATE doing it.
I have just been diagnosed with MAC and will be going on the antibiotics protocol as soon as the final culture test comes in. The respiratory therapist told me that I must do airway clearance twice a day. Sometimes the process goes well; but there are times that the coughing is so intense that it totally exhausts me and the thought of repeating the process at the end of the day is prohibitive.

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angeles31 | @angeles31 | Oct 22, 2023

I sympathize. I find it t be exhausting .
I do my once a day in the evening because I will be going g to bed right away .

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scoop | @scoop | Oct 22, 2023

I liken the experience to a loss -- loss of my prior seemingly carefree life! From initial denial to finally acceptance, you'll get there. Treatment is done in the comfort of your own place, no need to get hooked up to machine somewhere. Buy extra nebulizers so the cleaning process is less onerous. If you are too exhausted at the end of the day, perhaps you are huffing/coughing too hard. That has happened to me more than once! It's a royal pain no matter how you look at it -- you are in good company.

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