{"id":891,"date":"2025-02-14T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/?page_id=891"},"modified":"2025-02-14T12:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T12:27:42","slug":"matildas-story-severe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bronchiectasis\/patient-stories\/matildas-story-severe\/","title":{"rendered":"Matilda\u2019s Story (Severe)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I had asthma symptoms in my late teens but was not officially diagnosed with asthma until my late 20`s. This was well managed with a steroid inhaler & a salbutamol inhaler as required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my early 30`s I had repeated chest infections & as a result I became allergic\/sensitive to many antibiotics. When I was in my early 40`s I was hospitalised with pneumonia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How was I diagnosed<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Quite by chance a GP Registrar who had been working in Respiratory medicine came to do a rotation in the GP surgery that I attend & she suggested that I should be referred to the chest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinic as she thought my symptoms resembled Bronchiectasis. I attended the respiratory clinic & saw Prof Hill. I had a CT scan which was inconclusive, so a bronchoscopy was arranged & this<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confirmed the diagnosis of bronchiectasis. I now attend the respiratory clinic every 6 months & I use an antibiotic nebuliser once a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What effects on my day to day living<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My bronchiectasis has become more severe over the ensuing years & I do have spells requiring IV antibiotic therapy which I am able, following instruction, to administer at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are occasions, however, when I am unwell enough to be hospitalised to have IV therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I have daily nebulised antibiotic therapy, I focus on the things I am able to do rather than the ones I am no longer able to do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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