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enormous sputum clearance all the time

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Nov 1 9:23am | Replies (33)

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@rebecross

It's helpful to read that no only do others cough up stuff all day, but they also get sick and tired of it!
What I would really like is to believe is that I will ever get to a point where I am not coughing constantly AND spitting into a cup. NO amount of airway clearing "finishes", and so I do wind up walking away..but then I just keep spontaneously producing. I am exhausted. My Pulom is trying me on Azithro, no change after one month, so perhaps she'll up the dose to 500mg 3x a week.
My sputum tests were negative, so I guess that means I do NOT have MAC??
What next I wonder???

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When you say, "...My sputum tests were negative..." did they just do a typical slide in the local lab, or did they grow out the sputum culture for 6-8 weeks to see what would develop?
Also, did they test for other organisms like Pseudomonas?
Sue