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Alright - so I just got off the phone with my CF nurse, and am close to tears. For the past month now I've been sick with a nasty chest infection - coughing up brown plugs, wheezing, coughing up blood on occasion, my lungs feeling like they are full with mucus, and feeling very rundown. I've...

I'm scratching my head at a question that was posed on another thread, regarding diabetes and pregnancy. My boyfriend and I have decided that come summer/fall we'd like to start trying to conceive. I'm a healthy CFer - my PFTs are great, lung function is great, minor lung damage, etc. I'm...

Can someone explain to me what a "tune up" or "clean out" is? I've only been on IV once in hospital, and that was 10 years ago. What exactly qualifies you to need a tune up? Should I be going in for these? Or are they only for if you have more then mild lung damage? It seems to me that a...

So I've been sick with a very nasty chest infection for the past few weeks, and today I went for my 2nd check up to see if the meds I'm on are working. The meds seem to be doing the job, and I have to go back for another check up in two weeks. The doc also put me on a new inhaler that I've...

I'm wondering if any one can give me any info on this topic. When I was a baby, I was put on a sulpha based drug for the first time, and had a horrible reaction to the sulpha - lips and throat swelled up, my face and throat turned a bluish tinge. Since then I've never ever been on a sulpha...

Not sure if anyone else has this problem, but I figured I would ask anyway. Lately I've been noticing that my bones have been cracking more often then not. I'll be sitting down, or shifting my position, or just walking, or even getting up from a chair, and my bones will crack a lot. Its...

Hi - I'm new here. I've been lurking for about a week, and have contributed to a couple of threads. I have a question - I've been in a relationship for the past 2 years now with a wonderful guy who loves me and knows about my CF and CFRD. However, he never seems to be comfortable talking...