Magerly111
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Ok, so I have CF (like most of you), and have gone through all the regular schooling (elementary, junior high, high school, and presently college). I am almost done my college career, thank God! But I was wondering how many of you that are in college, or have been in college, and have CF actually stayed on campus. I have lived on-campus for the past 2 and a half years, but at the end of the first 2 years, I wound up in the hospital. Before then, I had only been hospitalized once in my sophomore year of hs. Now, my cousin who has CF just started college this year, and her pulmonary function started to go down pretty bad. Her doctor mentioned that it could be from living on-campus, because of mold underneath rugs, or on walls, or sharing bathrooms with other students. She has now decided to live at home for the rest of her college career. I have felt no real problem with living on-campus yet and I'm in my third year. Although, ever since I have lived on-campus, I end up in the hospital after the year has ended, and I probably will again this summer, just because my doctor thinks my pulmonary function isn't at it's high, but to me, it's pretty darn high compared to most CF patients. My doc. is all about preventing infections though, so maybe that's why. I don't know. I was just curious as to how many people have stayed on-campus and had no real problems with it, like me. I am considering living at home next year, but I haven't completely decided yet. My sister went all through college on-campus too, and she has CF, and has only been hospitalized once....although I guess you can't always compare CF patients to other ones, because I think she has a VERY mild case of it...cuz unlike me, she slacks off of her meds, and still lives w/o infection or pulmonary function decrease. Me on the other hand, I do all my meds/treatments religiously, and still end up with problems. There is no justice! haha. Ok, enough rambling on from me now. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="i/expressions/sun.gif" border="0">