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That's right, folks, thanks to Cullen Browder and the crew at WRAL-- Raleigh's CBS affiliate--my story was immortalized on the airwaves and is now travelling, at light speed, towards other planets. Once it reaches the homeworld of an advanced civilization that has the technology--and desire...

This is a post I made to the Cystic-L mailing list, which I feel expands on my views (about how CF sucks, yadda yadda), in a way that I hope is detailed enough to sound eminently reasonable, isn't contradicting anyone specifically (who might feel they're being attacked, and not just challenged...

I had <a href="http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2791394p-9230706c.html">a story published about me in Raleigh's biggest paper</a>, the News & Observer; <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/2792761p-9232096c.html">this subsequent editorial</a> was more unambiguously...

Hi there. I'm appealing their latest decision to turn me down, and one of my arguments will be that it's probably going to be cheaper to pay for a lung transplant, one time, than vainly trying to extend my life with tons of hospital stays, antibiotics, miscellaneous CF treatments I wouldn't need...

<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.save-allan.org/wpblog">Read my newest health update at my blog</a> (specifically, <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.save-allan.org/wpblog/?p=12">entry #12</a>). It covers my second denial (of that...

I just found out my dad still has a bunch of 8-oz. cans of Ensure Plus (strawberry flavor) at his place in New York. I no longer drink those, as I switched to the (somewhat more nutritious, and very sugary) Scandishakes months ago, but they're reportedly good until next year. Given their...

Check out <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.save-allan.org">Save-Allan.org</a> for my story (i.e., Medicaid turning down my transplant request, the only thing that could save my life, on the grounds that it would be too risky; there's guberment logic for ya), my...

<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.puritan.com/">Puritan's Pride</a>, a major vitamin manufacturer, is having a sale on their website--order any vitamin or supplement, and get <b>TWO FREE BOTTLES</b> of the same thing. That's a fairly hefty savings, if you think about...

This is something I wrote months ago, when I met a girl--Jessica--who made me reconsider my then-current decision not to pursue a lung transplant. Faced with the daunting prospect of moving states away, while being extensively sick, to a center that would still be willing to perform a transplant...