are you more or less healthy than you thought you'd be at your age?

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catboogie

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sometimes when i am pondering the difficulties of life, it makes me feel better to realize that i am much healthier than i thought i would be at my age. or to realize how poor my health would be if i had never come out of my self-care slump that i hit in high school--would i be on the tx list by now? there's a good chance...

i guess its something about approaching 30 (i will be 28 on dec. 20) that makes me think this more than i used to. being close to 30 is really 'getting up there' in my mind.

i thought i'd ask you guys this question because i would be willing to bet that many of us are more healthier than we thought we'd be because of how far preventative CF treatment has come.
 
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catboogie

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sometimes when i am pondering the difficulties of life, it makes me feel better to realize that i am much healthier than i thought i would be at my age. or to realize how poor my health would be if i had never come out of my self-care slump that i hit in high school--would i be on the tx list by now? there's a good chance...

i guess its something about approaching 30 (i will be 28 on dec. 20) that makes me think this more than i used to. being close to 30 is really 'getting up there' in my mind.

i thought i'd ask you guys this question because i would be willing to bet that many of us are more healthier than we thought we'd be because of how far preventative CF treatment has come.
 
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catboogie

New member
sometimes when i am pondering the difficulties of life, it makes me feel better to realize that i am much healthier than i thought i would be at my age. or to realize how poor my health would be if i had never come out of my self-care slump that i hit in high school--would i be on the tx list by now? there's a good chance...

i guess its something about approaching 30 (i will be 28 on dec. 20) that makes me think this more than i used to. being close to 30 is really 'getting up there' in my mind.

i thought i'd ask you guys this question because i would be willing to bet that many of us are more healthier than we thought we'd be because of how far preventative CF treatment has come.
 
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thelizardqueen

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I'm actually not as healthy as I'd hoped to be at 25. I'm not far off track, but enough that I'm kicking my butt trying to get to that healthy place that I want to be at. At 25, I'd hoped to have PFTs in the 80s. I'm sitting at around 59-69%, which again, isn't too bad.
 
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thelizardqueen

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I'm actually not as healthy as I'd hoped to be at 25. I'm not far off track, but enough that I'm kicking my butt trying to get to that healthy place that I want to be at. At 25, I'd hoped to have PFTs in the 80s. I'm sitting at around 59-69%, which again, isn't too bad.
 
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thelizardqueen

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I'm actually not as healthy as I'd hoped to be at 25. I'm not far off track, but enough that I'm kicking my butt trying to get to that healthy place that I want to be at. At 25, I'd hoped to have PFTs in the 80s. I'm sitting at around 59-69%, which again, isn't too bad.
 
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JazzysMom

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I think I expected to be healthier. This is not from any reason other then I had an "easy" life & didnt have immediate consquences of not taking care of myself. I have never really thought about it until now!
 
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JazzysMom

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I think I expected to be healthier. This is not from any reason other then I had an "easy" life & didnt have immediate consquences of not taking care of myself. I have never really thought about it until now!
 
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JazzysMom

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I think I expected to be healthier. This is not from any reason other then I had an "easy" life & didnt have immediate consquences of not taking care of myself. I have never really thought about it until now!
 
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Jade

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Neither to be truthful. Since I was a kid I've had this unshakeable sense about when my time would be up. For that reason I never really thought about how healthy I might be at any certain age.
 
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Jade

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Neither to be truthful. Since I was a kid I've had this unshakeable sense about when my time would be up. For that reason I never really thought about how healthy I might be at any certain age.
 
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Jade

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Neither to be truthful. Since I was a kid I've had this unshakeable sense about when my time would be up. For that reason I never really thought about how healthy I might be at any certain age.
 
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Diane

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hmmmm good question. I didnt think i'd be doing this well OR be in the position i am in. I am like Melissa, cf was not much a part of my life as i was growing up except for having to take enzymes. But i did read that ( at that time) cf patients only lived to be in their teens. Since cf wasnt a problem for me then, i had no idea the reality of what it really is. Since i read cf patients die in their teens( back then), i was SURE i wouldnt be here at this age .... Well here i am 41 with diabetes , b.cepacia and aspergillus I never would have guessed i'd have either of those issues to deal with either.
 
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Diane

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hmmmm good question. I didnt think i'd be doing this well OR be in the position i am in. I am like Melissa, cf was not much a part of my life as i was growing up except for having to take enzymes. But i did read that ( at that time) cf patients only lived to be in their teens. Since cf wasnt a problem for me then, i had no idea the reality of what it really is. Since i read cf patients die in their teens( back then), i was SURE i wouldnt be here at this age .... Well here i am 41 with diabetes , b.cepacia and aspergillus I never would have guessed i'd have either of those issues to deal with either.
 
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Diane

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hmmmm good question. I didnt think i'd be doing this well OR be in the position i am in. I am like Melissa, cf was not much a part of my life as i was growing up except for having to take enzymes. But i did read that ( at that time) cf patients only lived to be in their teens. Since cf wasnt a problem for me then, i had no idea the reality of what it really is. Since i read cf patients die in their teens( back then), i was SURE i wouldnt be here at this age .... Well here i am 41 with diabetes , b.cepacia and aspergillus I never would have guessed i'd have either of those issues to deal with either.
 
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lasilva

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I too did not think of cf as part of me. I could see how sick my sister was and I was no where near that, so of course I couldn't have cf, it just wouldn't click in my brain. Since I didn't think that much about having cf, I did not take care of me. I am now paying the price. In the last 2 years I have gone from 80% pft to an average of 35%. This seemed to be a dramatic drop and now I am feeling the toll that cf takes. I wish there was something that would make the younger age realize how important taking care of yourself is. kind of 'pre-maintainance' if you will.
 
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lasilva

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I too did not think of cf as part of me. I could see how sick my sister was and I was no where near that, so of course I couldn't have cf, it just wouldn't click in my brain. Since I didn't think that much about having cf, I did not take care of me. I am now paying the price. In the last 2 years I have gone from 80% pft to an average of 35%. This seemed to be a dramatic drop and now I am feeling the toll that cf takes. I wish there was something that would make the younger age realize how important taking care of yourself is. kind of 'pre-maintainance' if you will.
 
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