Hey all, just wanted to say "hi" and introduce myself. My name is Steve and I live in Newport Beach, CA, am 27 years old, and have cf. I have a pretty mild case, which I feel fortunate for because it has allowed me to do quite a bit in my 27 years. I worked in the music biz for 6 years with some of the biggest bands in the world, travelled around Europe for 3 months in 2002(non-music related) and didn't even get sick until the very end--while in Interlaken, Switzerland I was able to go whitewater rafting and even jumped out of a hellicopter from 12,000 feet while surrounded by the Swiss Alps...I figured if i'm going to die then that wouldn't be a bad way to go. I am usually in the hospital 4 times a year, usually every 3 months or so, it's like clockwork! I was in last week for 5 days, my shortest stay ever...it's usually around 10. In October I was in and unfortunately experienced a loss of my vestibular system due to ototoxicity from tobramycin. I'm not sure if it was just that one course that did it or if it had been slowly building over the 12 years I had been taking it. The part that sucks most is that surfing may be out of the question from this point on, depending on how pt goes. The beach has been my life since I was born and this is something that has hit me hard. The first time I was ever really sick from cf was in 8th grade, it was my first time on i.v.'s and my first time in the hospital. I have been dating a girl for the last 3 months, it was a very serendipitous meeting, something that just seemed meant to be. I took her to Paris(asked her to go with me 3 weeks after we met) for a week last month, including Valentine's Day. It was her first time there, she had taken french in high school just so she would be ready to go after graduation...alas, 10 years later she had not yet been, so I figured it was the perfect time. My sister also has cf, but is even more mild than I am. I can count her number of hospitalizations on one hand and still have a couple fingers left. Well, enough of my random sentences for now...
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