Sean - my doc did a bronch on me two years ago because I had severe hemoptysis, and said that the only damage he saw was on the left lobe, and when he did a culture this way, there was no pseudo present. Everytime I get infections, it is always the left lobe. With x-rays I have very MINUTE damage on my right lobe, that never seems to get worse or flair up.
Mother of Tanner - my doc usually has me on oral Cipro for 3 weeks when I culture Pseudo. I started the TOBI one month on, one off when I was 19 and did this for a year. The docs discontinued it when I didn't culture Pseudo for a period of 4 months. After that, the docs decided to put me on one month on, one off every other year as a maintenance. I was at one point on inhaled Colymycen 7 years ago, and it did the trick as well. At this point, my docs are considering putting me on TOBI again as I haven't been on it for about 2 years, because Cipro on its own did the trick. That's not the case right now, as I've been battling a lung infection of the past month that hasn't quite let up.