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Hi all. I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this issue for me. My husband is currently trying to find a different job. He has a potential prospect, but I don't know anything about it or the insurance yet. I do know that Medicare would become primary for me because they employ less than...

Hi everybody. It's been awhile since I've been on the site. I'm hoping someone can help me with this issue. I have never really had any sinus issues before. Maybe 3 or 4 days ago, I had a bloody nose. My sinuses didn't exactly feel right afterwards but I didn't really give it much thought...

It's been awhile since I've been on the site; things have changed. Hope I'm doing this right. I'm just wondering if anybody on here is familiar with liquid vancomycin? My dr. has prescribed it for me. A few weeks ago I cultured MRSA and was put on bactrim since it was sensitive to that. But...

I don't know if this has alrady been posted, but the 65 redroses doc. about Eva is on on the OWN network. Just thought you guys might want to know.

<P>A 14 year old girl with CF that has started her own foundation.  Thought you guys might like to read it.</P> <P> </P> <P><A...

Hopefully the link will work. A cf patient died after being given lungs from a smoker, and she's not the only one receiving bad organs. Pretty scary! <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge...

My percussor pooped out on me. I do have the vest so I will have to use that in the mean time (I don't like using it though-very uncomfortable). The percussor I have is a Puritan Bennett Model 9000 which I don't think is made anymore. I just wondered for those of you that use percussors, do...

I just had an elastase test done. I don't know if the clinic is starting to do this now, but they wanted me to do it (and my sister also). I already knew I was pancreatic insufficient, but my test results came back as a 15. Anything over 200 is normal, 100-200 is mild to moderate PI, and...

I've been trying to find info on line, but I'm not having much luck. I'll try to keep this as short as possible. What kind of reaction do people with CF usually have if they have ABPA? Is it just breathing issues or do you also have "allergy" type symptoms? I had an episode back in April...

I know a lot of CFers use Prednisone, so hopefully someone can answer this for me. I just finished up an 8 day course this past Wednesday. I had a reaction to something and they put me on prednisone for it (that's another story-I've never had an allergic reaction to something). I have only...

Hey Fred. I know I've never talked to you on here before, but I have read a lot of your posts and also saw that you are a Chuck Norris fan <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> I'm not sure if they are selling his new book over there in Japan, but it's a pretty good...

You guys may already be aware of this, but I didn't know it. I came across it while I was searching for something else. I don't usually attend conferences, but I know there are some on here that do so this might be helpful. This is from Publication 502 under Medical Conference (from...

Maybe someone out there might know the answer to this. My dr. wanted me to be DNA tested for my gene mutations but I haven't done it yet because my insurance won't pay for it (at least not outright; I have to get a letter from my dr., etc.). My sister is supposed to get one done in a few days...

Hopefully someone out there can answer my questions. I will begin receiving Medicare as of 1-1-09. My husband's insurance will be primary (from what I udnerstand) and Medicare secondary. I spoke to someone at Social Security and they said that since I have insurance through a group health...

I didn't see the actual story when it aired, but my husband sent me the link so I thought I'd pass it on. <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge...

Don't know if anybody here can answer this for me, but I thought I'd post it anyway. I need to get more Vitamin D since I ran out and I'm not sure which one to get. I know I talked to the dietician about this a while back and I can't remember what was said. Anyway, I called the clinic today...

I was just wondering if any of you that use home health care for your IV antibiotic treatment ever use peripheral IV's (in the hand) instead of PICC lines? I don't know if they allow you to do that or if you have to have a PICC or port for home heath care. I'm sure it also varies from place to...

I saw a message posted by lightNlife and I didn't want to take over the thread. I have seen several posts about C. Diff. but I have never heard of it. Can someone tell me what it is? Thanks!

Hello all. I hope someone can help me out. I've been reading most of the night trying to find info and I think my brain is going into shutdown mode. I think I am becoming more confused with the more I read. I just got my sputum culture results back today and I have Staph A, Psuedomonas, and...

Hope someone can shed some light on this for me. My dr. seems to think that I am diabetic and I do not thing that I am. Kind of a long story, but I'll try to keep it brief. This started back in 2004 when he did a blood stick in his office. It was taken about an hour or so after eating - the...