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Over the past 3-4 days, I have started having pain in my mid back on the left side. It has gradually gotten worse, and now is on my left side, about mid rib cage and more in front. I went to my primary care physician yesterday, and they did a chest and a rib X-ray, which were fine. She said that...

I was wondering if there is anyone on here that has Rheumatoid Arthritis in addition to CF. I was having some joint pain a while back, went to a Rheumatologist, who did some lab work, diagnosed it as Palindromic Rheumatism, but said that based on my lab work, I will develop RA. I was started on...

Hello everyone! I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that I have had increased chest congestion in the mornings. It is to the point that for up to 2 hours every morning, I am coughing constantly until my chest "loosens up." For the rest of the day, I will usually just cough...

Hello everyone, I had an 17 week sonogram done today, and everything was normal (we found out we are having a little girl!) except on the report, it mentioned Echogenic bowel. The doc said this is sometimes normal, but can be a marker for CF, Down's syndrome, or several other disorders. We had...

Hey everyone! I have been told by several people that when their babies were born, the initial newborn screening showed positive for CF, and after some additional testing, it was showed to be a false-positive, and that the child didn't have CF. Well, I am wondering if it is that common to have a...

Hello, I am 9 weeks pregnant and this is my first pregnancy. I was hoping that I would be really lucky and not get sick while I am pregnant, at least for the 1st trimester, but I must have caught something. I have had a little bit of a sore throat the last 2 days and yesterday some nasal...

Hello everyone! I am about 7 and 1/2 weeks pregnant and had a vaginal ultrasound yesterday. Everything on the ultrasound looked great: Implanted high in the uterus, right size, heart was beating at 149 beats/min (YAY!!!). Anyways, when the ultrasound tech advanced the probe a little to look at...

Wow! After over a year of trying, today I finally got a positive pregnancy test. I just pray to GOD that it's not a false positive. I will call my GYN tomorrow and get a blood test. Thanks everyone on here that gave me advice. It gave me such comfort when I didn't think it would ever happen to...

Hello everyone! Thanks, by the way for everyone on here that give such great advice! It's so great to have people that understand what I am going through! Anyways, we have been ttc for 1 year now. My cycle seems to finally be regulating out a little bit, but I have noticed that my last couple of...

My Gyn wants me to have a hysterosalpinogram. I was just wondering if others have had this done, your experience with the procedure and what your results were. Also, what was the next course of action with infertility after this was done? Thanks in advance. Marisa RN, 23 w/CF

My FEV1 was down to 75% this last appt from 80% the time before. My doctor wants to start me on Hypertonic Saline, which I am doing now, and am having no problems it, except for a scratchy throat while taking it. He already started me on Colistin once a day on the months that I am not on TOBI. I...

I was wondering if anyone has experienced implantation bleeding in their pregnancies, and how much it was and how long it lasted. Thanks Marisa RN, 22w/CF

I know that many women on here share my frustration on this, but my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for about 6 months now, and we have had no luck. I have been taking Mucinex twice a day for a couple of cycles. I still can't tell when I am ovulating. I am wondering with other...

I have noticed several times in the last couple months that I have had this pain across the front part of my ribs. I've noticed that it only happens when I take my Pulmozyme. I also take my vest at the same time. The pain starts out dull and progressively gets worse very quickly, and usually...

I know this is quite a personal question, lol, but I was wondering how many of you actually noticed the change in cervical mucus that they say indicates ovulation (stretchy and clear). I just started actually paying attention to the CM, and am wondering because of how CF affects CM, if it even...

Hello everyone! I know that it is normally suggested that prenatal vitamins should be taken during pregnancy, and even in any child-bearing years as the first several weeks of pregnancy are very important in development of the fetus. I was just wondering if anyone was told to take any other...

I don't know if I am just being overly sensitive here, but I was watching "The Doctor's" today. They were testing a woman's purse to see what organisms were on there. One of the bacteria they found was, quote, "a bacteria commonly found in the lungs of Cystic Fibrosis patients". I am annoyed...

I know this isn't necessarily a pregnancy topic, but indirectly it kind of is. I was just wondering what kind of contraceptives you gals have used? Obviously there are a lot of CF factors that go into deciding on the right kind to use. Just curious! <img...

I was just wondering if some of you who may have used Mucinex to help with getting pregnant think it worked? I am not pregnant or trying to get pregnant, but hope to in the next year or two. Just curious! Thanks! Marisa RN, 21 w/CF

I was just curious if there is anyone else in here that has had Mycobacterium Avium bacteria cultured in their sputum? They found it in mine about 2 years ago, and since then, I have gone to see an Infectious Disease specialist, who started me on Avelox, Ethambutol, and Clarithromycin, all of...