<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>ltlhook</b></i>
I hated the whole cliq thing of school. I could not stand the "you aren't cool enough" crap. I had a few good friends that were by my side. Me having CF was just "normal" to them. I do have a funny story though. I was in 7th grade and there was this boy I liked and he liked me. He was told by someone that I had CF "a disease." He came up to me in the lunch room and said loudly "you didn't tell me you had a disease!" I touched his shoulder and said "yep and now you got it." All of my friends of course were laughing knowing that you can't catch CF. He later learned what it was and that it was a joke. We never dated though.
To help me deal with peoples comments like"she's so skinny, she must be anorexic." I conquered it with jokes. I would shootback with "it's a good thing I don'thave to worry about what I eat and I don't have to make myself throw up to stay skinny." I would "pick" on them like they picked on me. I walked around like I was proud of who I was small, skinny me. I never hid the fact that I had CF. I would say something like "yep can't help it, got CF and that's what CF does." Most people don't know what to do when you are blunt like that. They are thinking you will cower and walk away but I did the opposite, I put it in their face. It helped educate people even if it was in a weird way.
I got sick within the first week of school and ended up doing school at home my senior year so I didn't have to deal with any of that stuff anymore which was nice. I still went to football games and some other school events. I went back to school to walk across the stage for graduation.
I had my 10 year reunion which I planned (and was a nightmare mind you)and some people were surprised I was still alive and that was justice enough for me.
Hang in there and know that you are special and kids are mean. You be you and let the fools make fools of themselves with their comments.</end quote>
Oh yeah I did have a boyfriend from 8th grade all the way through high school. He was a jock and I was no where near the cheerleader. So I had those girls not liking me too...hahaha.
I hated the whole cliq thing of school. I could not stand the "you aren't cool enough" crap. I had a few good friends that were by my side. Me having CF was just "normal" to them. I do have a funny story though. I was in 7th grade and there was this boy I liked and he liked me. He was told by someone that I had CF "a disease." He came up to me in the lunch room and said loudly "you didn't tell me you had a disease!" I touched his shoulder and said "yep and now you got it." All of my friends of course were laughing knowing that you can't catch CF. He later learned what it was and that it was a joke. We never dated though.
To help me deal with peoples comments like"she's so skinny, she must be anorexic." I conquered it with jokes. I would shootback with "it's a good thing I don'thave to worry about what I eat and I don't have to make myself throw up to stay skinny." I would "pick" on them like they picked on me. I walked around like I was proud of who I was small, skinny me. I never hid the fact that I had CF. I would say something like "yep can't help it, got CF and that's what CF does." Most people don't know what to do when you are blunt like that. They are thinking you will cower and walk away but I did the opposite, I put it in their face. It helped educate people even if it was in a weird way.
I got sick within the first week of school and ended up doing school at home my senior year so I didn't have to deal with any of that stuff anymore which was nice. I still went to football games and some other school events. I went back to school to walk across the stage for graduation.
I had my 10 year reunion which I planned (and was a nightmare mind you)and some people were surprised I was still alive and that was justice enough for me.
Hang in there and know that you are special and kids are mean. You be you and let the fools make fools of themselves with their comments.</end quote>
Oh yeah I did have a boyfriend from 8th grade all the way through high school. He was a jock and I was no where near the cheerleader. So I had those girls not liking me too...hahaha.