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7% Saline Success Story that warmed my heart.
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Hi Isabella, I can only speak for myself. I had no problem going from 3% to 7%. Just know, however, that the 7% may cause you to cough, which it does me. I look at that as positive because what I am coughing up is mucus and that is the whole point of airway clearance. Besides that benefit, the 7% creates a very uncomfortable environment for that nasty MAC bacteria. Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes for you.
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I’ve been using 7% all along and cough my guts out every morning. THEN I nebulize with an inhaled antibiotic called Arikares (Amikacin) more coughing. I will add the mucinex, just not sure which one to not suppress the cough. I’m a little annoyed with my pulmonologist since he sent me to see a lung surgeon last week to discuss a “minimally invasive lung procedure” to remove the mac (exacerbated by the bronchiectasis) and give me relief since the Mac keeps spreading. The surgeon said no way, I might not survive the surgery since it should’ve been done earlier. He checked a CT scan from May, 2022 and said the surgery could’ve been done then!! Why didn’t my pulmonologist tell me then?? I don’t want to go back to him now and just stick to my infectious disease doctor, I love him. Not sure why I need to see both. The Pulmonologist does nothing that the ID Dr, isn’t already doing. I’m really scared right now. Don’t know what to do. Along with the Arikares, I take Azithromycin and now Ethambutol since they don’t bother me, when I tried the big 3 I ended up in the hospital due to side effects.
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Hello! Quick question! Why the move from 3% to 7%? Thank you!!