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Airway clearance after abdominal surgery
First of all, thank you for all the ports and information in this group. I've been loitering for several months and have really gained valuable...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Oct 12, 2024
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Four years with Bronchiectasis, no major systems.
My lungs are getting worse per CTs. Pulmonologist gave me vest, to use twice a day. I am 77 years old, no major symptoms, ache...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Nov 2, 2023
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Volara-phobia
I have BE and MAC and have some difficulty coughing up sputum. Until recently I was using a percussion vest but stopped after it became...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Sep 29, 2025
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Anyone taken the Big 3 on every other day dosing schedule?
My ID Dr is thinking about skipping a day between antibotics since they stay in the system 24 hrs or more to make treatment a...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Jun 16, 2024
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Monaghan Med & Noah Greenspan webinar 3/18 6 pm ET
Wow! Can you believe how many webinars there have been lately? Before you hit webinar overload, here is one you won’t want to miss, sponsored...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: 7 hours ago
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Ideas for getting mucus Out
Had my CT scan yesterday there has been an increase in mucus compared to 6months ago. I also been diagnosed with pseudomonosis. (Which I inhaled...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Jun 8, 2025
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The “wages” of success.
I often have a particularly productive evening neb/vest session. A few minutes in, I begin morphing into a coughing, spitting, sneezing, mucous machine which, from...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Apr 6, 2021
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Change in mucus production
A couple years ago, I was diagnosed with Mac after several sputum cultures. I’ve been hesitant to go on the big three since then, however,...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Jul 14, 2024
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Trying to cope with bronchiectasis
I am a 73 year old female who has been diagnosed with bronchiectasis in the last year. I have seen 3 pulmonogists including one at...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Oct 3, 2023
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Does anyone know a good pulmonologist in Connecticut
I spent 2 hours trying to find a pulmonologist that knows about bronchiectasis and Mac, I have no clue. My current pulmonologist canceled my 6...
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Aug 4, 2023