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I have to say to anyone who is contemplating suicide: GET HELP. I've been there, I sunk lower and lower into depression and was too scared to seek counseling, until finally a failed suicide attempt forced me to get the help I needed. And I am SO thankful that I didn't manage to kill myself...

I've been to Israel twice, and managed to blow up my neb each time (once quite dramatically, smoke pouring out and everything), even with the converters. I ended up just buying a neb there, and would plan to do so again for any further international traveling, because it just isn't worth the...

I always think about the cough interrupting things issue, I think it must be so annoying for people around me! Especially when I'm in class and it's all quiet and I feel like I keep drowning out what the professor is saying, I just want to stand up and apologize to everyone for disrupting their...

Whenever I need cough syrup for out of control coughing -- like when it gets to the point that I'm just tearing up my throat instead of actually bringing stuff up, or it's keeping me up all night, etc. -- I always get Tussin DM (Robitussin DM if you want the brand name), it has both a...

I've been working 40 hours a week the last 2 years, and started taking 3 grad school classes last semester (which is actually kinda wearing me down, I may need to drop either a class or a shift). My case is kinda mild now, I responded really well to nebulized antibiotics many years ago and went...

Justification for my loathing of salad! YES! I so have to tell my mom! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

Everyone made really good points, and I haven't had much experience in the significant other department so I don't know how much my opinion counts for... but speaking as a girl with CF, I think it's also important to consider that if you really can't handle it, then it isn't fair to "lead her...

I'm sure it's really scary having a friend go through that (it's scary for us to go through it too!), but you should know a lot of people with CF cough up blood sometimes. I myself do it on a semi-regular basis. How serious it is depends on a few things, like how much it is (I usually bring up a...

I also have joint and muscle pain, especially now that I'm on Cipro which is killing my knees. One thing my doctor told me that could contribute to some muscle pain is if you have a lot of air trapping and your lungs are hyper inflated (big problem for me), that puts a strain on some muscles as...

Hey guys, I know some of you have mentioned having Mic-keys so I figured I'd ask around here. For a couple years I've had Bard buttons for my feeding tube and have been pretty happy with them, but when I needed my last one changed I had to go to a different facility due to insurance issues. All...

Like Joseph said, the IV Tobramycin used to be nebulized the same way before they developed TOBI as a nebulizer specific formula. It's possible as Colistin becomes more popular as a neb med among CF patients that they'll also develop a nebulizer formula for it, but for now that's the only way...

Did I see some south NJ/Philly area people? Where do you go to clinic? I live in Cherry Hill and see Dr. Holsclaw at Presbyterian (before that I was at St. Christophers, before that at Hahnemann, before that at Cooper... stupid hospital politics!!! <img...

I'm sorry you feel so gross Jo. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> Any chance of someone getting you some piping hot chicken soup? That's one of my favorites when I'm miserably sick... of course, I usually have to make it for myself, but it ALWAYS tastes better if...

Hi guys! I'm Eliana, I'm 25 and was diagnosed at 8 years old. I live in Cherry Hill NJ and currently go to the CF clinic at Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia. I'm working full time in a psychiatric group home (4pm-midnight shift) and started grad school part time this semester for...

Everyone else has pretty much covered what I would say, so I'm not going to bother repeating everyone, but I have one comment to make on this: <blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Anonymous</b></i><br>How do you all tell people? I guess my main fear is hearing people say "Ewww...

I agree with you, I've told people if I could choose to be cured this instant I'd do it, but if I could choose to never have had CF I wouldn't do that. Though I am not my CF, having to deal with CF has definitely had an impact on me and made me the person I am today. I know I'm very lucky in...

It's been almost 4 years since I got my feeding tube, and I love it. Getting it was pretty unpleasant, I never appreciated before how much you use those muscles until I HURT every time I moved, or breathed, or did anything whatsoever... but I am SO glad now that I did it! I don't remember how...

LOL! Ambushing people with the vest, that's great! My stepbrother and his friends liked to put on my vest, crank it up to 25, and let 'er rip! He even said it would be cooler if it was a full body suit -- I told him he's INSANE! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">...

I know how you feel, through the end of high school into college I slowly slipped into a major depression, and CF was definitely the issue I was focusing on. It's good that you're getting medication for it -- it took me years and getting to the point of actually being suicidal before I finally...

You're so lucky about the leave of absences, I used to be allowed to do that but the insurance companies apparently cracked down on it saying if we could leave we clearly weren't sick enough to need to be in the hospital and they weren't going to pay blah blah blah. Of course, that just meant my...