<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>AUradar</b></i>
we got one for my little girl amost two years ago. I think its the best treatment we have done for her.
I know it can be embarrising to have it there. And I'm sure when she gets older she will be a little more self concious about it. I'm going to pick on you jfarel for a bit.
"7th grade I was 5' tall and 75 pounds"
how self concious where you about your weight and height back then? I'm also betting you were longer to develope. Compared to that, I would think that little button isn't so bad.
But, for older kids I think the parents ought to work with their kids so that they can make the decision.</end quote></div>
Ha, Ha. Thanks for picking on me. I was self-conscious about everything but also extremely athletic and well above average when it came to sports. I started on my middle school basketball team and was one of the best runners in my class. I ran the mile under 6:30 in 7th grade. I did get picked on but I didn't take it. I actually picked fights with kids who were over 130lbs. To tell me I needed a g-tube when I was the best athlete among all my peers, I just wouldn't have taken the advice...and didn't.
I was really cocky and thought I could take on the world. It helped that one of my non-cf friends was actually slightly smaller than me. It became harder to deal with in 9th grade when he grew and gained weight and I didn't. It was much harder to deal with in 9th-12th grade. My freshman year in college I only weighed about 100 lbs and was 5 foot 6. It bothered me more in the summer, but in the winter you could hide your size by wearing long sleeves and sweaters. By the time I graduated college I was 5'9 or 10 and around 120 lbs, so yes I was also slow to develop. Sometimes I think I'm still not finished developing (lol). I think the reason I didn't ask for a g-tube earlier is I wouldn't have wanted to look or feel different from my friends. I really tried to hide my cf until the last few years. I didn't feel sickly until about 2 years ago. I will add, I have always been compliant with my meds.
Its really a shame. I wonder now what life would have been like had I gotten the gtube at age 8 or 9. Had I been normal size and developed normally I may have done really well in High school sports. As it was I peaked in Middle school because I didn't grow and gain the weight everyone else did in their teen years. Its not that I was really sick or anything as a teen. I mean my cf did progress, but I still played high school sports, I just wasn't the best anymore. I was too small.
we got one for my little girl amost two years ago. I think its the best treatment we have done for her.
I know it can be embarrising to have it there. And I'm sure when she gets older she will be a little more self concious about it. I'm going to pick on you jfarel for a bit.
"7th grade I was 5' tall and 75 pounds"
how self concious where you about your weight and height back then? I'm also betting you were longer to develope. Compared to that, I would think that little button isn't so bad.
But, for older kids I think the parents ought to work with their kids so that they can make the decision.</end quote></div>
Ha, Ha. Thanks for picking on me. I was self-conscious about everything but also extremely athletic and well above average when it came to sports. I started on my middle school basketball team and was one of the best runners in my class. I ran the mile under 6:30 in 7th grade. I did get picked on but I didn't take it. I actually picked fights with kids who were over 130lbs. To tell me I needed a g-tube when I was the best athlete among all my peers, I just wouldn't have taken the advice...and didn't.
I was really cocky and thought I could take on the world. It helped that one of my non-cf friends was actually slightly smaller than me. It became harder to deal with in 9th grade when he grew and gained weight and I didn't. It was much harder to deal with in 9th-12th grade. My freshman year in college I only weighed about 100 lbs and was 5 foot 6. It bothered me more in the summer, but in the winter you could hide your size by wearing long sleeves and sweaters. By the time I graduated college I was 5'9 or 10 and around 120 lbs, so yes I was also slow to develop. Sometimes I think I'm still not finished developing (lol). I think the reason I didn't ask for a g-tube earlier is I wouldn't have wanted to look or feel different from my friends. I really tried to hide my cf until the last few years. I didn't feel sickly until about 2 years ago. I will add, I have always been compliant with my meds.
Its really a shame. I wonder now what life would have been like had I gotten the gtube at age 8 or 9. Had I been normal size and developed normally I may have done really well in High school sports. As it was I peaked in Middle school because I didn't grow and gain the weight everyone else did in their teen years. Its not that I was really sick or anything as a teen. I mean my cf did progress, but I still played high school sports, I just wasn't the best anymore. I was too small.