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windex125
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I wld think I wrote that orig. post I kept my secret from everyone all through my 20's and some of my 30's saying is was asthma. I also felt like I lead a double life as well, never told any the jobs I got always blammed it on other issues. Just didn't want that stamp on me. Don't pity me or feel sorry for me, or the first words out of yr. mouth how are you. When I had my son at the ripe age of 36 (was told I wld never get preg) I didn't tell any of the other parents from his young school days I didn't want him to be known as the mother with CF. Also I kept it secret from him as well. I wanted to wait till he got older, in his teens if I cld hold out that long? Then there was a show on TV Real Life and one the young people on the show had CF he came right up to me and said I am watching this show and it sounds like everything you have do you have this disease? And I had to be honest. I felt I had to protect him from thinking he had a mother that was going to die? The weirdest thing is he came to me one day and said he had a friend and he saw he had a vest machine in his room, did I think he had CF? He was old enough to understand and I told him it was a stong possibility, and he did and I wanted to reach out to him but cld not. My son said please don't talk with him abt it? he doesn't want to share so I respected that.When I look back on my younger yrs. you are describing me, I say talk with yr. friend its important to be honest in a friendship, take baby steps. You will be glad you did. Pat-56/CF