Hemoptysis

on Nov 17, 2021

Hemoptysis (First episode began Nov 12th 11:40pm) *Warning- I talk about blood in this entry.  Don’t read if hearing about blood is not your thing. I had some hemoptysis (bleeding from my lungs) last Friday night. This is my first episode since beginning Trikafta (Jan 31,2020) and starting MAC treatment (Feb 2019).  It was quite a shock. Even though this was a more regular part of my life for long stretches at a time, I was in no way ready for this one.  Except, I suppose I was, because well, it happened. I laid down to go to bed and immediately coughed that very different kind of cough. I could feel the fluid movement in my chest and a clot come up with fluid in my throat. I ran to the bathroom in disbelief and saw that I had in fact coughed up a clot and bright red was continuing with my following coughs. That first little burst was maybe a teaspoon. Including blood and clot,...