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Terrance Check-In 12/27/2025
Better today. NTM several years. Yearly C.T. scans, keeping eye on nodules. Getting over a significant cold. Between the 2 lots of productive coughing. It’s interesting to read others stories with NTM.
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Terrance,
Hello! Welcome to the community. I am glad that you are feeling better now, post NTM infection. There is hope that one can get to the other side of a NTM infection. I am sorry that you are dealing with a bad cold. Are you taking guaifenesin, mucinex or other similar mucolyptic medication? Are you doing airway clearance to assist you to get the mucus up and out of your chest?
Below is a link on Coping with Airway Mucus: https://www.bronchiectasisandntminitiative.org/Learn-More/I-am-a-Patient-or-Caregiver/Coping-with-Airway-Mucus
This link reviews the different types of airway clearance devices, medications and more. Let us know if you have any specific questions . I hope you feel better soon.
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