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My blood work was normal for many years. It only started to rise near the end. With that being said my doctors who worked in two highly respectable places had no idea why it was enlarged, what caused it. One doctor told me it was my post nasal drip not my thyroid making me cough. I would see...

Do you actually have hashimoto diagnosed or were they just working you up for it? I had an enlarged thyroid that they "watched" for over 6 years. 4 endocrinologists later I had it removed. It was causing lots of pressure, coughing, ect. IT SUCKED! I had it removed 3 years ago. I felt so much...

Go back to school? Do you mean in reference to working 40-48 hours a week? That is with a degree. I am working as a nurse but the medical expenses are so much even with insurance that to make ends meet I have to work full time. As far as a back clinic what do you suggest I ask my primary to...

They just act like well nothing's wrong. How about exercising. I work 40-48 hours every week, I am on my feet most of the time and don't why away from heavy stuff because it has to get done. The pain is real. I can't sit still watching tv, I shift all the time if we go to the movies. It really...

I have had back pain for years. The doctors can't seem to figure out what the cause is nor do they want to really check anything more than an X-ray. I started doing my vest again and it aggravates my back. I switched to a new primary and he wants to stop the little bit of meds my old primary...

I use the vitamax chewable, cherry flavor. Yes they are not the same amount of the a,d,e,&k but that works better for me because my vit a levels went too high with the adeks. Also the adek gels upset my stomach and I would constantly burp up vitamins for hours so I didn't want to take them. The...

I am 34 and looking to try a new primary. Most of my life I go to doctors who know what CF is but very little about how to treat it or what to do if I complain about anything else such as chronic pain that no body know where it comes from or how to treat it. I am going to see a new primary in a...

I am 34 now and my husband and I have been trying for a couple of years now and it has been really hard to get any answers from doctors for what to do. I just started the iui a couple of months ago. I can tell you what I have learned and had to pry out of doctors. As you already know good lung...

I use the vitamax chewable, cherry flavor. Yes they are not the same amount of the a,d,e,&k but that works better for me because my vit a levels went too high with the adeks. Also the adek gels upset my stomach and I would constantly burp up vitamins for hours so I didn't want to take them. The...

Iui is intrauterine insemination. They can either do iui with an oral medication called clomid or injectables. They usually start with clomid though, the medications stimulate the follicles. Normally each month only one follicle will release an egg but with the clomid several are stimulated at...

Any luck on getting pregnant? Any questions about iui you can always send me an email at cheerfulpuppies@yahoo.com just write in the subject line something like cf question.

What do you want to know about the iui? Just the basics or do you have specific questions?

I have been off birth control almost 10 years and have never gotten pregnant. I had my first iui treatment recently, don't know if it worked yet but they had LOTS of trouble with the procedure. Long story short, mucus plug had to be removed by the MD because multiple nurses had problems. So even...

What state are you from? Where is your CF center?

I am going to have my first round of iui tomorrow. Our insurance only covers iui not ivf so I am hoping this works. I took the clomid for the 5 days and was really nervous about the side effects but I think I lucked out with just a little nausea and possibly headaches but who knows they could...

I used to be "irregular" with my enzyme compliance when I was younger so I have never really had a blockage issue. Even when I was taking regular vitamins with iron I didn't have any problems until I took prenatal vitamins. Ever since then I take 1 colace and 2 senna daily. If I have not gone in...

That was probably some old sputum with blood mixed in. The nurse at the cf clinic was saying that the sputum can be so dry the are hard as pebbles. Mine was pink and soft like your skin tissue, kind of oval with a pointy sort of edge and when I squeezed it it just moved though my fingers I...

I spoke with the RN who says it is probably sputum. However I am a nurse too and it doesn't look like it to me. They said just keep an eye on it to see if there are any changes. Maybe I am just worrying too much.

Has anyone coughed up tissue from their lungs before? This is a first for me and it is a little disturbing.

I have been doing the Tobi podhaler for over two weeks now. I have noticed I am more short of breath than usual, feeling tight, and coughing a lot more like I need to clear something but there is nothing there. I don't have a follow up appt until September. It will be interesting to see if my...