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The CFF no longer advocates CFers meeting in person. We pass stuff just like regular kids, but we have worse bugs to pass. Not just colds and flus, but MRSA, staph, pseudomonas, and other lung bacteria. I want to say we pass stuff at the same rate, but we have more dangerous stuff to pass...

I'm 5'2" and 125 lbs.

I'm 5'2" and 125 lbs.

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.... basically a really resistant form of staph. Hard to get rid of. I had it when I was 16.. and when I go into the hospital, they still quarantine me because of it.

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.... basically a really resistant form of staph. Hard to get rid of. I had it when I was 16.. and when I go into the hospital, they still quarantine me because of it.

o.O

o.O

I may be wrong... but I think you're (the last poster) talking about the skin type of MRSA, not the kind that affects CFers in the lungs. When we get MRSA, it's in the lungs and causes a lot of damage. What you're talking about is on the skin ('pimples and boils" as you said). It could be the...

I may be wrong... but I think you're (the last poster) talking about the skin type of MRSA, not the kind that affects CFers in the lungs. When we get MRSA, it's in the lungs and causes a lot of damage. What you're talking about is on the skin ('pimples and boils" as you said). It could be the...

He's actually the director of the CF Foundation Connecticut chapter. Name is Paul Drury. Last I heard, he was doing wonderfully. His brother Carl was a living donor for him, and gave up one of his kidneys.

He's actually the director of the CF Foundation Connecticut chapter. Name is Paul Drury. Last I heard, he was doing wonderfully. His brother Carl was a living donor for him, and gave up one of his kidneys.

People have never had a problem breaking up with me! Hahaha. It's a good thing your mom came around. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

People have never had a problem breaking up with me! Hahaha. It's a good thing your mom came around. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

Whatever works for you, Mary. But if you get the port placed in a specific spot, it could be hidden. I understand not wanting to have a port in your collarbone for wedding photos, I would feel the same way. However, mine is underneath my left breast, and is not visible at all unless I'm in my...

Whatever works for you, Mary. But if you get the port placed in a specific spot, it could be hidden. I understand not wanting to have a port in your collarbone for wedding photos, I would feel the same way. However, mine is underneath my left breast, and is not visible at all unless I'm in my...

That just reminded me of the "in-laws" reaction to the CF, so to speak. When I started dating my Mike, his dad didn't much care about the CF at all (not that he doesn't care, but that he didn't see fit to tell Mike not to date me because of it). His mother, a librarian, decided to bring home...

That just reminded me of the "in-laws" reaction to the CF, so to speak. When I started dating my Mike, his dad didn't much care about the CF at all (not that he doesn't care, but that he didn't see fit to tell Mike not to date me because of it). His mother, a librarian, decided to bring home...

I know someone with CF who had a kidney transplant this past spring.

I know someone with CF who had a kidney transplant this past spring.

I flew to Canada once when I was about 11. I flew to the Florida Keys when I was about 16, or so. And I flew to Barcelona only... 2 years ago, age 18. The Canada and Florida trips, my lung health was pretty fine, so it wasn't a problem. But when Barcelona came around, I had started having lung...