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I agree with Rebjane. You want to feel like the pet is dear to you, not a burden or, worse, a threat. Dogs and cats are what I have experience with and from what I've seen, they are very responsive to emotions in the home. If your feelings toward the dog are negative, you'll have a high chance...

Lol I felt old when my daughter showed me Pewdiepie on YouTube--the fastest growing channel in the world. Rly?

Similar to a skateboard, I highly recommend the ripstik. Both my boys ride them every day (of course, it requires there be no snow on the ground, but whatever). I ride it too, but not as often/well. I can attest that it is a good core and behind workout. I also get cardio out of it because I'm...

Have you ever done a cardiac stress test--walk on treadmill with heart monitoring? This could help determine how you should exercise and push yourself. Your target heart rate may be lower than you think. Lung disease puts a lot of stress on the heart and can cause things like pulmonary...

I think he really would like dumbells/weightlifting. Is there controversy about lifting pre-puberty? I think moderation is probably the key. He is coordinated and a precise person--I think he would understand that form is the most important factor. We are super lucky (well, luck, and we...

Watching the Argentina vs Iran world cup game and low and behold, an iphone commercial is playing the chicken fat song!!! Lolol http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/06/13/chicken_fat_song_apple_iphone_5s_commercial_uses_kennedy_era_exercise_anthem.html An update on the sedentary twelve yr...

This subject stayed on my mind and I wanted to check if I had correctly represented myself as almost at the underfat cutoff line, but not underweight, and thus healthy. Background is that I'd had my bodyfat % done as part of a fitness eval six yrs ago when I weighed the same as I weigh now...

while vit E in corn, canola, soybean oil may harm lungs. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/vitamin-e-may-harm-or-help-your-lung-function/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=health&_r=0

Theresa, I think your game plan should be to serve the same meal to everyone, but ask your husband to cover most of his plate with the vegetable dish, and ask your son to make liberal use the salt shaker and eat more of the protein/fat dish. Studies are coming out saying that low fat is not a...

I don't think your post indicated whether you are male or female. If you're female, then 8% is too low and I believe you'd experience health problems--CF or not. I'm guessing you're a man as 8% is right on the line between "Althete" and "Underfat" aka problems. According to these charts...

My heartfelt condolences to Jane, her family and all of Jesse's loved ones.

[/QUOTE=mamaScarlett;978244] I'm on my 3rd now, and it always presents challenges at many angles, but it is certainly do able, with hard work and determination. I bounced back with my previous pregnancies within a year of delivery. Hope your mama stays healthy as well! Congrats! Mamascarlett...

[/QUOTE=Deb;977824]I belong to a Facebook group, "One Lung People Unite" but everyone else in this group was either born with one lung or had a lung removed due to cancer. Wondering if there is anyone else that has had a lung removed due to their CF? On the bronchiectasis message board...

I'm sorry you are feeling so short of breath. Definitely get that PFT and visit your doctor. This is a description of two types of presentations of COPD, but I think it's interesting and might be relevant. Pink puffers work hard to oxygenate and can have normal blood gas numbers...

Hi, I hope your son is home now and doing okay. I'm sorry he needs a transfusion if he bleeds too much. I'm sure that adds another layer of stress to what he and your family go through.

I'm so sorry your son is going through this. I hope his surgery went well and they're able to keep his pain under control. Ive been told by xray and CT scan techs that I have long lungs. For me though they miss the bottom of my lungs and have to take a second film. I also was told by a Dr who...

My dog, who will yank my arm out of its socket to dart into the bushes and gobble up a muffin wrapper, won't eat a pretzel that has been dropped on the floor. I happen to like them dipped in peanut butter or hummus, but I think it says something that pig-dog won't eat them. He also sniffed and...

I had these exact problems pretty hardcore when I was under slept and over caffeinated in college. Here's the interesting part: it comes back (decade and half later) when I am on flouroquinolones like levaquin or avelox or cipro. Lucid and paralyzed dreaming at beginning or sleep cycle. Very...

No PI for me. I don't have CF--I was sweat tested for CF as a baby and adult, and my numbers were low normal. (No mutations in a limited panel either.) I think the pulmonary situation is primarily what keeps me from gaining weight. Though my digestion is not perfect, it's nothing compared to...

I can give u a data point at the other end of the spectrum. I am at the lower end of a normal BMI, exacerbations bring me under, yet I have clockwork periods and high cholesterol btw 220&240. (nonCF bronchiectasis)