Hardly any sputum today. Plus a question

I think airway clearance is any method used to remove phlegm. I control phlegm with diet. No nebulizer.

@crystalena How long have you been with a diagnosis of Bronchiectasis and not doing the nebulizer? Interesting.
Do you have the Pulmonary Function Tests and C Scan every so often. How are the results from the start to now. Did you ever have an infection in the lungs, MAC etc.
Barbara

You have asked me this same question before . What is up?

@crystalena Glad you remembered. I'll have to go back to it and look for that thread. I would love to not have to nebulize.
Do you remember the thread, by chance.

I came back to this post to edit it after I I found the thread. I see where you indicate you have emphysema and not Bronchiectasis and the suggestion Toni made.
Thanks for letting me know all.
Barbara

Personally, I find that I can consistently get about 6-8 blobs out during airway clearance, UNLESS I use the Aerobika. The Aerobika pretty much shuts airway clearance down for me-- I get practically nothing out whenever I try it. I'm baffled.

For those days when I get very little out, I can't congratulate myself because I make up for it on the following day by getting more out than what is normal.

@grammyvictoria, Personally, I'm going with "I did such a good job, there's nothing left" 😄

And yes, my airway clearance includes nebbing, Aerobika, and huff coughing.

Here's hoping we all do a good job with clearing!

@letsjustbreathe I don't think the aerobika works for me either. I have very deep seated phlegm. It wants to come up when I lay back - not when I'm doing activities and upright. So a couple times a day I have to lay back on the recliner. Big pain when you don't want to sit still. Of course I do the nebs and the shaker vest. I suppose it all works together for good. I have to take mucinex too - do you?

@crystalena
What kind of diet? I can’t get any mucus to come up. Maybe a plug or two if I try really hard with the nebulizer and huffing

I don’t eat things that cause or harden phlegm . Dairy & cheeses , Pasta, Processed foods, oily or fried food . If I suffer with phlegm in the morning , I go over my diet the previous day. Having my days meals finished by 5 pm helps too .

emphysema and bronchiectasis are very different. Those of us with Bronchiectasis need to do airway clearance twice a day. That includes saline nebulizing followed by a flutter device and airway clearance positions etc. Some may find that diet helps but we still have to do the airway clearance.