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Jane, Happy to hear your son is on the mend.

Jane, Happy to hear your son is on the mend.

Yup, I'm a dishwasher person myself.

Yup, I'm a dishwasher person myself.

TheamazingBD, I seem to do well in hot salty climates too. Even if I am ill when we leave on a trip toward the caribbean, my lungs seem better by the time we return to SW Virginia. We have considered moving...but...hard to leave family.

TheamazingBD, I seem to do well in hot salty climates too. Even if I am ill when we leave on a trip toward the caribbean, my lungs seem better by the time we return to SW Virginia. We have considered moving...but...hard to leave family.

You might have cracked a rib, ripped an intercostal muscle, have pleuritis, a pneumo, or heavens knows what. Either way girl, call your doc and get an x-ray! *hugs to you* feel better, pain sucks.

You might have cracked a rib, ripped an intercostal muscle, have pleuritis, a pneumo, or heavens knows what. Either way girl, call your doc and get an x-ray! *hugs to you* feel better, pain sucks.

At 26 I was married and working on my second graduate degree, studying to be an EMT, and doing a veterinary internship. (NUTS, ok, I know that!) I was just started to develop blood sugar problems, a few years earlier had noticed that I didnt really need to take enzymes any more, was...

At 26 I was married and working on my second graduate degree, studying to be an EMT, and doing a veterinary internship. (NUTS, ok, I know that!) I was just started to develop blood sugar problems, a few years earlier had noticed that I didnt really need to take enzymes any more, was...

Sometimes when I have an unproductive cough with HTS, switching to a lower concentration causes less of an bronchospasm reaction and therefore I get a more productive cough. Do you mix it with a bronchodialator? That can help a lot.

Sometimes when I have an unproductive cough with HTS, switching to a lower concentration causes less of an bronchospasm reaction and therefore I get a more productive cough. Do you mix it with a bronchodialator? That can help a lot.

JonA, if you havent been on the hypertonic before, why are you using a medium-level strength to start?

JonA, if you havent been on the hypertonic before, why are you using a medium-level strength to start?

It's been great for me. I add in some albuterol and the 3% helps me get stuff out. When ill, I switch to 7% and alternate with mucomyst. The Tobi, pulmozyme, etc, all give me severe bronchospasms (continuous asthma). This is a terrific alternative for me : ) I do saline as I run on...

It's been great for me. I add in some albuterol and the 3% helps me get stuff out. When ill, I switch to 7% and alternate with mucomyst. The Tobi, pulmozyme, etc, all give me severe bronchospasms (continuous asthma). This is a terrific alternative for me : ) I do saline as I run on...

Hard question. As someone already mentioned, you should consider the ramifications of your potential child knowing you could have prevented their illness. Also, how will you feel when the child you love desperately is ill and steps could have been taken? I would not consider embryo...

yup, low carb and exercise is the only way I lose too.

yup, low carb and exercise is the only way I lose too.

I dont think I was judging anyone, merely talking about some situations I have seen and their outcomes. Every family is different and has uniquest circumstances with which they must cope, I'm just trying to convey some of the ones I've been involved with and how they turned out in the long run...