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Clubbing isn't caused solely by CF. Those with heart conditions or other lung problems can have clubbing... so if your friend smokes, her lung problems from smoking could cause her clubbing.

Exactly... the small Airways are also important (I think they are called FEF 25%-75%?), especially as lung troubles worsen. And to be scientific, FEV1 stands for something like Forced Expired Volume/1second. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

There is also a vaccination for Hep B

Candice-- if you still do not want to know the life expectancies for post-tx patients, don't look at the two posts previous to mine <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

Kylie, are you really a beauty therapist or was that just a saying LOL?

1. Suspected prenatally because of a blockage visible on a sonogram, confirmed with sweat test in infancy 2. Yes it is possible to have only respiratory and no digestive, and vice versa.

Sharon is right. But I just wanted to say that it is possible they put that sort of 'disclaimer' at the bottom of every letter because of the fact there are unidentified mutations, and even Ambry's test is not 100% certain

Ashley, were you in the Tobi study? I'm only asking because I participated in the US trials too, but I was between 5 and 7 when they went on and I am four years younger than you.

So I was watching this movie last night, and in one scene Mark Wahlberg is shouting about the things wrong with the world and he mentions CF. I thought it was unusual... that's all LOL

To find a CFF accredited center to have the sweat test done at, visit CFF.org. I think it is slightly unusual to literally overheat the child in a stifling room to do the sweat test; I think the probes/electrodes method probably produces a better sweat sample given that it is coming from one area.

Having two mutated genes means you have CF. Regardless of what your husbands sweat test results were, some people with CF have certain mutations that do not cause a positive sweat test result. His absence of vas deferens only makes it more likely he does have CF. If you tested negative for the...

Shelli-- actually, that Emily is NOT the Emily of Detroit who organized that concert for CF... there are just multiple Emilys LOL

This is sort of irrelevent, but isn't a miracle something that there is no human or earthly explanation? If that is the case, pregnancy in istelf is not a miracle- we all know the explanation for that. This isn't a commentary on whether miracles do happen, just musing on my part.

Excessive sweating can be indicative of infection flaring up, like Amy said.

Thanks for the well wishes everyone! I had a really great day <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

Teen tours or teen travel programs are basically like traveling summer camp, you go to a specific place and sight see, do activities etc. etc.

Sounds very possible to me. I know that some of the diabetic CFers on here say that before CFRD diagnosis they were so thristy and peeing often.

Jarod's right, most CFers do become colonized by pseudomonas once an initial culture shows it despite attempts to eradicate it. It also is not the end of the world as it once was to culture it. My concern about using Tobi 3 months straight, aside from antibiotic resistance, is your litte guy's...

What a scary time that must have been! Wishing you a speedy recovery, you'll be back to your old self soon, I hope <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

While being around smokers while they are smoking bothers me, being around a person who has the smell on them (like if they were at a smoking restaurant or whatever) doesn't nbother me, maybe beccause of my awful sense of smell