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(UPDATE) Well, my wife has been more than struggling with the difficulties of CF and the idea of divorce, she has been attempting to manage her time over the past 30-40 days to commit adultery. YES! She has been dating and sleeping with another person, who she "thinks she cares about", and who...

I am having a mild dispute with a fellow CFer, and we disagree on the numbers, so I though we should take a survey from the CF community... How long would it take a CFer to succumb to the disease without any breathing medication, if you had FEV1 of 90%, 65%, and 45%? (three different answers...

I am scheduled to get sinus surgery on my deviated septum and get the silicon-like mucus removed from my sinuses for the purpose of preparing me for double lung transplantation listing/candidacy, and to help me breathe easier. Luckily I have no polyps, but the silicon-like mucus is filling my...

Everytime I take Zyvox, I get hand, knuckle, ankle, or wrist aches that are consistant for about 2-3 months after a 2 week course of Zyvox. Anyone else experience anything like this? Thanks. Grendel

My wife and I had this idea on how to fund part of the expenses of a transplant, since I am likely to get on the list at some point in the next year with the way things have been going. I wanted to get thoughts from you all, and see if this has been done before, if it worked, and if the...

As I am getting long in tooth, and have lost a couple of friends with CF, I am looking to find/catch up with some CF friends from my youth. If anyone knows Tom (Tommy) or Anne Schroeder could you direct them to this thread and tell them to drop me a hello? Thanks. Grendel 34 w/CF

Alex died last year and I was wondering in remembering him tonight if any of you knew of him or knew him personally. Thanks. Grendel

I have several infections, but the one that grew out the strongest it pseduomonias resistant bacteria. Resistant to Cipro and all the other oral antibiotic family. In the last two weeks my PFTs, FEV1 dropped from 58% to 44% and my "doctor" thinks that Inhailed TOBI and Cipro are going to fix...

Cipro weakens tendons, as do the entire family of fluoroquinolone antibiotics. I learned this as a consequence of going to a sports physician for a torn Achilles tendon. Apparently, it is common knowledge among sports physicians and orthopedic physicians that fluoroquinolones weaken tendons...

For those of whom are married, do you find at times your spouse carries a sense of entitilement as a consequence of being with you. Perhaps CF is more difficult than he/she imagined and intentionally or otherwise manifiests a subtle resentment in tone, mood, or choices? Maybe even he/she seems...

I coughed this up last night around 1 AM. When it happens, it seems to most frequently happen when I go horizontal and get relaxed in bed. It is then that I begin to gurggle in my lung. And then through the magic of home cinema I captued a photo for you all, and have attached it for your...

I have told my wife for a number of reasons I do not want her smoking pot. We have fights over this time and time again. In fact, since we were dating it was an issue that was to have been respected and resolved. Suffice it to say, the relief that pot apparently brought her was of greater...

Have many of you all out there tried HYPERtonic solution? How does it work for you? What brand/company name is the product? What percent salt is what you are inhailing? I've heard different things from 3% to 7% hypertonic? Lastly, my doctor said hypertonic solution is not prescribed while...

How much mucus do you cough up a day? I spit into those colored 8oz. solo plastic cups, and depending on the day and my effort, etc., I usually cough up 8-12 oz. of mucus (yellow & jade) a day. On a bad day, I cough up as much as 16 oz. or more a day (not too often). Or I cough up 8oz. in the...

Pharmaceutical companies only want money! The greedy @#$%s. I read on one of the topics that a company owns the CF gene. I believe it. But even if it weren't true, which it is, there are companies, including our govenment who hold patents on genes and gene mutations. Why would any company own...