My name is Melissa and as you can all guess I have have CF,when I was a teen I wasnt affected so much by this desease but as I got older ive began to decline.As a kid and into my teen years I worked,and moved out by the time I was 17, I homeschooled myself and graduated high school and worked in the food industry.Unfortunately my coughing concerned some of the customers because they thought I was contageous.When I turned 18 I got very ill and my lung function dropped to 23%, I was hospitilized for a long time and I am now at 50%, I quit my job after this happened and havent been employed since.
I am afriad to be around people and have built this bubble around myself and secluded myself because I dont want to get sick.
I am now 22yo and currently in hospital for a 2 week tune up, my father came to visit me and always tells me about how some people with CF have 3 jobs or some climb mountains and that I should go to college and get a job, I want these things but when I have trouble even making the stairs it seems so far away, I have 3 sisters, two are going to college and the other is a mother, I feel like I am the odd one out and I am saddened that I cant make my dad proud.
I wanna be motivated and involved but i dont even know where to start, if any of you could offer me advice on things I can do in my current condition job wise or even volunteer I would appreciate it very much, I love helping others and it would bring some meaning to my life if i could make a diffrence in someone life.
sorry for the novel I wrote,Its just I know you guys get what im going through and I very much value you opinions.
thankyou <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
I am afriad to be around people and have built this bubble around myself and secluded myself because I dont want to get sick.
I am now 22yo and currently in hospital for a 2 week tune up, my father came to visit me and always tells me about how some people with CF have 3 jobs or some climb mountains and that I should go to college and get a job, I want these things but when I have trouble even making the stairs it seems so far away, I have 3 sisters, two are going to college and the other is a mother, I feel like I am the odd one out and I am saddened that I cant make my dad proud.
I wanna be motivated and involved but i dont even know where to start, if any of you could offer me advice on things I can do in my current condition job wise or even volunteer I would appreciate it very much, I love helping others and it would bring some meaning to my life if i could make a diffrence in someone life.
sorry for the novel I wrote,Its just I know you guys get what im going through and I very much value you opinions.
thankyou <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">