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hi Amber, thanks for replying! If she does have it it's probably a partially functioning one like mine (D1152h). People with two of those are typically diagnosed later in life. I was exhibiting symptoms by 29 because of my mother having two DelF508's, the combination results in atypical CF...

Hi Stephen, Thanks for replying! I am working on getting it as we speak.

I think you should go for it. Even if you never pay off the debt, you should still do what you love.

Just wondering how rare this is. Cf son of a CF daughter. I find it a mixed bag this knowing how I'll die and being able to roughly calculate the time of my demise. I was just thinking how horrible it would be to know the exact time and manner of ones own death. Right after I had that...

My advice is don't worry, just get active. I ride my bicycle as my main transportation. But there are plenty of other activities that help people with CF. The other one I do is play guitar and sing songs (many of which I wrote). This has, in many ways, (not least of which may be the clearing...

Pelvic floor muscle exercises will help quite a bit with that.

Malnutrition is the short answer for why CF patients experience edema. but since I'm a dirty hippie I'm deeply questioned about my alcohol use which has been pretty low for many years. I told them, no, I have CF and it's pretty likely that it's the cause. Sure enough after getting home from...

My name is Dee I'm a boy (but gender fluid) I'm 56 I live in CO I was diagnosed at age 49 I weigh around 137bs and I am 5'7" My PFT's are in the 90s my pancreas is insufficient but still produces insulin I am divorced and have no children I recently stopped working (2015) I was a community...

You could have one of the late onset ones like mine in combination with your F508del

Delta F508 means a "deletion" at F508. This is usually written F508del. https://www.cff.org/Care/Clinician-Resources/Mutation-Analysis-Program/ i would click that link and get in touch with someone at Johns Hopkins Genomics. I just searched several CF mutation databases and could not find...