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I'm going on vacation and bringing the acapella instead of using the vest. Could someone give me a refresher course on how to breathe with it and any techniques you use to make sure its as effective as possible?

So along with many living in my area, I am experiencing the worst allergies I have felt in a while. I'm left with a runny nose, itchy watery eyes, strong fatigue, headache and a scratchy throat. I've been doing extra sinus rinses, and I had been taking claritan but switched to zyrtec today...

I need to do a project in Gerontology (that is, the study of aging) My professor said to pick a topic which "puts fire in your belly" so I wanted to do something about people with CF who have lived past the life expectancy and how aging affects them and how the progression/ living with the...

I was pleasantly surprised to see that NoExcuses just posted something about this in her blog right after my doctor diagnosed it but I still have some questions... Recently my palms have been getting very wrinkled in the shower and then staying like that all day in a whitish peely looking thing...

I stumbled upon this while looking for some stuff to share on the CFF website for fundraising. I thought it was a nice breakdown of all the clinical trials going on right now and how close we're getting to vital treatments!! I think it's a good way to show people WHAT their money is doing, and...

Hey i know a lot of people with CF register with Students With Disabilities in college. I am registering and it asks for specific accommodations. I included a central dorm for less walking in the freezing cold, extra make-up time/ absence forgiveness for hospitalizations and doctors...

Has anyone heard how the phase 2a trial for the VX809 is going/has gone? Is there anyone out there who participated in it or knows someone who has?

My boyfriend and I are going on a road trip this summer and I was wondering what you guys do as far as doing your nebs in the car? Is there a portable one that works on batteries or is there some sort of adapter to plug one in in the car? If there is a portable one is it easy to get through...

I figured I would post this here since there are a number of people with CFRD here My boyfriend (NO cf) just went to the doctors and had routine urine test and they found a lot of protein in his urine. Upon further investigation (web md hehe) I found that this could be an indication of...

Today at field hockey practice it was really cold (40s... i guess is cold for now compared to the winter) I could breathe so much easier when I ran and I easily coughed up more mucus. I always figured its harder to breathe in the cold, but i seem to cough up more junk easier and not loose my...

I'm the president of my class and a girl recently approached me saying her cousin has to have a kidney transplant, could we do something to raise awareness or fundraise? I wasn't sure if there was a way to fundraise for transplants, is there a foundation? If not, or even if so, I wanted to do...

I was just reading another post about people getting single rooms at college. I am also planning on doing this but I am worried about making friends. I am no doubt a social person, but this is around people I know. How was it being in a single room and making friends?

My vest is over 10 years old, the timer doesn't work, and it is imposssssible to move, its about 50 pounds. Last year the physical therapist said I could get a new smaller one for when I go to college, but now she says insurance won't pay for it only replace the model I have. WHICH IS STUPID...

so i started tobi and pulmicort last week. i've been on tobi before but not for a few months and never on pulmicort before. my voice had gotten a little hoarse yesterday, but i just did my tobi, took a nap, and woke up and i CANT TALK! No sound comes out just a little rasp! also my throat KILLS...

i posted this in "adults with cf" but i figured i'd post it here too: i am a senior in highschool this year. i have a job at an icecream stand which is open all year round. in the fall i do field hockey which goes after school until about 8 when there is a game. then i come home to do homework...

Hey this is for CF moms/soon to be CF moms. I'm 18 and obviously not thinking about having a child any time soon, but I have thought about whether or not I will have children when i'm out of college and married. I've always just had it in my head that I wouldn't have kids, that I would get too...

we all know how much smoke SUCKS when it gets into our lungs. well i was just out with my friends around a fire in their back yard when a bunch of them decide to smoke some cigarettes , i don't have a problem with them giving themselves lung cancer, but i cant STAND the smoke. I walked away...

I'm going away on vacation to my girlfriend's house in Englewood Florida in June. Is anyone from florida? I should be healthy when i'm down there, but just in case does anyone know any good cf clinics around there? I looked on CFF but i have no idea where englewood is even close to. THANKS!

does anyone else get in a bad mood when they are on antibiotics? im usually a pretty relaxed person but it seems like when im on a cleanout with iv antibiotics i turn into a jerk. i've been flipping out on my parents for no apparent reason and looking back and wondering why ive been so meannn...