kinda cool

[rubyroselee]

Hi all,

I was at work today and we had a lady filling in for our regular lab technician. She was coughing pretty bad and had clubbed fingers, so I instantly thought she had CF. Sure enough, my fellow coworkers were curious and concerned about her cough and she told us that she had CF.

At the end of the day, I went over to her and spoke with her for a few minutes (from a distance) about how I had CF too. We had a nice little conversation about our CF centers (we go to different ones, but she's considering changing to mine). I gave her my phone# and e-mail, so I'm hoping she'll contact me.

It's sometimes nice to know that someone else is out there (and close by) that is in a similar situation. And it's really cool to run into someone in real life, working, rather than in a clinic. So that was pretty neat!

But the best part about her working with us today...is that my coworkers finally took an interest to CF and learned a lot about it today. They were asking us all sorts of questions and it was really great to be able to educate them on it.

Just wanted to share.

 

[rubyroselee]

Hi all,

I was at work today and we had a lady filling in for our regular lab technician. She was coughing pretty bad and had clubbed fingers, so I instantly thought she had CF. Sure enough, my fellow coworkers were curious and concerned about her cough and she told us that she had CF.

At the end of the day, I went over to her and spoke with her for a few minutes (from a distance) about how I had CF too. We had a nice little conversation about our CF centers (we go to different ones, but she's considering changing to mine). I gave her my phone# and e-mail, so I'm hoping she'll contact me.

It's sometimes nice to know that someone else is out there (and close by) that is in a similar situation. And it's really cool to run into someone in real life, working, rather than in a clinic. So that was pretty neat!

But the best part about her working with us today...is that my coworkers finally took an interest to CF and learned a lot about it today. They were asking us all sorts of questions and it was really great to be able to educate them on it.

Just wanted to share.

 

[rubyroselee]

Hi all,
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<br />I was at work today and we had a lady filling in for our regular lab technician. She was coughing pretty bad and had clubbed fingers, so I instantly thought she had CF. Sure enough, my fellow coworkers were curious and concerned about her cough and she told us that she had CF.
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<br />At the end of the day, I went over to her and spoke with her for a few minutes (from a distance) about how I had CF too. We had a nice little conversation about our CF centers (we go to different ones, but she's considering changing to mine). I gave her my phone# and e-mail, so I'm hoping she'll contact me.
<br />
<br />It's sometimes nice to know that someone else is out there (and close by) that is in a similar situation. And it's really cool to run into someone in real life, working, rather than in a clinic. So that was pretty neat!
<br />
<br />But the best part about her working with us today...is that my coworkers finally took an interest to CF and learned a lot about it today. They were asking us all sorts of questions and it was really great to be able to educate them on it.
<br />
<br />Just wanted to share.

 

[AmberFerguson]

Leah, that is really neat! Although we know that there are other cfers out there, when we meet them in our everyday life it's nice to run into someone who is in the same boat as us. Thanks for sharing, I hope you two keep in contact. Wishing you all the best :]
Amber, 24 w/cf and type 1 diabetes
God Bless!!!

 

[AmberFerguson]

Leah, that is really neat! Although we know that there are other cfers out there, when we meet them in our everyday life it's nice to run into someone who is in the same boat as us. Thanks for sharing, I hope you two keep in contact. Wishing you all the best :]
Amber, 24 w/cf and type 1 diabetes
God Bless!!!

 

[AmberFerguson]

Leah, that is really neat! Although we know that there are other cfers out there, when we meet them in our everyday life it's nice to run into someone who is in the same boat as us. Thanks for sharing, I hope you two keep in contact. Wishing you all the best :]
<br />Amber, 24 w/cf and type 1 diabetes
<br />God Bless!!!

 

[peter]

That is pretty cool because with logical precautions, you will be cultivating a company wide awareness of proactivity keeping you both out of harms way and maybe the employees will run an annual fund raiser for cf awareness and research. Maybe cf will find a comfort zone work force for esprit decors and true parity. Mysterious ways!!!
Peter

 

[peter]

That is pretty cool because with logical precautions, you will be cultivating a company wide awareness of proactivity keeping you both out of harms way and maybe the employees will run an annual fund raiser for cf awareness and research. Maybe cf will find a comfort zone work force for esprit decors and true parity. Mysterious ways!!!
Peter

 

[peter]

That is pretty cool because with logical precautions, you will be cultivating a company wide awareness of proactivity keeping you both out of harms way and maybe the employees will run an annual fund raiser for cf awareness and research. Maybe cf will find a comfort zone work force for esprit decors and true parity. Mysterious ways!!!
<br />Peter

 

[missT]

Great story. when I meet other CFer's I feel like they are sort of related to me. I think they know my struggle...and no one else in my family has CF so they can't understand. I look at their faces and fingers and bodies. i listen to their cough. I look in their eyes and we relate. I wish I had more CF friends. I have always avoided physical friendships with CFer's because of shared bugs and the few i have met have passed (and that flips me out too much). i often wonder when I listen to a stranger cough if he or she has CF. I have never had the nerve to ask.

 

[missT]

Great story. when I meet other CFer's I feel like they are sort of related to me. I think they know my struggle...and no one else in my family has CF so they can't understand. I look at their faces and fingers and bodies. i listen to their cough. I look in their eyes and we relate. I wish I had more CF friends. I have always avoided physical friendships with CFer's because of shared bugs and the few i have met have passed (and that flips me out too much). i often wonder when I listen to a stranger cough if he or she has CF. I have never had the nerve to ask.

 

[missT]

Great story. when I meet other CFer's I feel like they are sort of related to me. I think they know my struggle...and no one else in my family has CF so they can't understand. I look at their faces and fingers and bodies. i listen to their cough. I look in their eyes and we relate. I wish I had more CF friends. I have always avoided physical friendships with CFer's because of shared bugs and the few i have met have passed (and that flips me out too much). i often wonder when I listen to a stranger cough if he or she has CF. I have never had the nerve to ask.

 

[Jeana]

Very cool! I have only met one other person with CF in person (other than those I might pass walking into the CF clinic.

I wonder about the same thing, missT, when I hear people cough. It's nice to know that there are people like me who can understand what I'm going through. I guess that's why I like this forum so much. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Jeana]

Very cool! I have only met one other person with CF in person (other than those I might pass walking into the CF clinic.

I wonder about the same thing, missT, when I hear people cough. It's nice to know that there are people like me who can understand what I'm going through. I guess that's why I like this forum so much. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Jeana]

Very cool! I have only met one other person with CF in person (other than those I might pass walking into the CF clinic.
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<br />I wonder about the same thing, missT, when I hear people cough. It's nice to know that there are people like me who can understand what I'm going through. I guess that's why I like this forum so much. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[rubyroselee]

I know, I have seen quite a few people in passing that appeared to have CF...but I've never gone up to them and asked (way too awkward!). But this was nice because we worked together all day, so it was much more natural to be able to talk to her.

 

[rubyroselee]

I know, I have seen quite a few people in passing that appeared to have CF...but I've never gone up to them and asked (way too awkward!). But this was nice because we worked together all day, so it was much more natural to be able to talk to her.

 

[rubyroselee]

I know, I have seen quite a few people in passing that appeared to have CF...but I've never gone up to them and asked (way too awkward!). But this was nice because we worked together all day, so it was much more natural to be able to talk to her.

 

[ej0820]

hey there!

That's always really cool. I don't think I've ever met another CFer that wasn't out of any sort of CF context (hospital, dr waiting room, great strides walk, etc.). I've met a lot of people, though, that are very familiar with CF. At work, I one time noticed a customer with a great strides t-shirt on. I HAD to stop her and ask how she got involved in CF and she told me she used to work for the CF foundation in my area. We struck up a conversation about treatments and doctors, etc. I thought that was pretty cool. I've had a few customers say something about my coughing only to find that their son/daughter has CF, too.

Not to hijack the post or change the subject too much, but you said the person with CF was a fill-in for another lab technician--what do you do? Lab tech makes me wonder if you're a medical technologist or a researcher? Just wondering because I'm on track to be a medical technologist...I may end up being a licensed histologist by the time my program is done, but the lab is where my passion is. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[ej0820]

hey there!

That's always really cool. I don't think I've ever met another CFer that wasn't out of any sort of CF context (hospital, dr waiting room, great strides walk, etc.). I've met a lot of people, though, that are very familiar with CF. At work, I one time noticed a customer with a great strides t-shirt on. I HAD to stop her and ask how she got involved in CF and she told me she used to work for the CF foundation in my area. We struck up a conversation about treatments and doctors, etc. I thought that was pretty cool. I've had a few customers say something about my coughing only to find that their son/daughter has CF, too.

Not to hijack the post or change the subject too much, but you said the person with CF was a fill-in for another lab technician--what do you do? Lab tech makes me wonder if you're a medical technologist or a researcher? Just wondering because I'm on track to be a medical technologist...I may end up being a licensed histologist by the time my program is done, but the lab is where my passion is. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">