Hi! I just wanted to say how nice it is to see so many military people on here. I remember a time when there were hardly any. We are retired AF. 26 years AD. Both my husband and I are military brats, he's AF, I'm both AF and Navy. Our girls were diagnosed back in '90. We were in NC where they went to Duke, TX where they went to Cook Children's, McDill in Fl. where they went to St.Petersburg, Luke in AZ where they went to Phoenix Children's, Germany where they went to a Dutch hospital in Maastricht, NL, Wright Patt, OH where they went to Dayton Children's and lastly NE, where they went/go to UNMC. We have never had a problem with getting referals to a CF clinic. Now that we are retired we still carry TriCare, you can't get any better than that. We use Prime not Standard, it's the closest to what you have while you're AD. So any of you that are close to retiring keep that in mind. They pay 100% for transplant.
In our minds, the worse place we were was Ohio. Too many allergies. AZ was the best. Guess cause it was dry. Both girls did well for the year we were in Fl. All the salty air is good. We noticed alot of junk coming up when were in the Keys. I swear it must be saltier there.
It's harder to get overseas these days with CF. They want to be sure that your family member can get proper care. We had to have a letter written from their doctor stating their health and that they were well enough to live out of the country. Their doctor went the extra to tell them where they did not advise us to go, like Asia. My husband was a provider so that helped too. He had a letter from his commander and actually had to speak with the commander from the gaining base hospital. Afterall, he got the orders we just needed them to approve all of us going. And we did. A wondeful 3 and a half years!
When you are looking at new assignments go to the CFF website and look up the centers in that state. That will tell you exactly where they are and you can see what the proximity is to the base you are looking at. That way when your husband puts in his "wish list" (that's what we used to call it way back when) you know where each base is and the CF center closest to that base.
Good luck in your search for a new assignment.
In our minds, the worse place we were was Ohio. Too many allergies. AZ was the best. Guess cause it was dry. Both girls did well for the year we were in Fl. All the salty air is good. We noticed alot of junk coming up when were in the Keys. I swear it must be saltier there.
It's harder to get overseas these days with CF. They want to be sure that your family member can get proper care. We had to have a letter written from their doctor stating their health and that they were well enough to live out of the country. Their doctor went the extra to tell them where they did not advise us to go, like Asia. My husband was a provider so that helped too. He had a letter from his commander and actually had to speak with the commander from the gaining base hospital. Afterall, he got the orders we just needed them to approve all of us going. And we did. A wondeful 3 and a half years!
When you are looking at new assignments go to the CFF website and look up the centers in that state. That will tell you exactly where they are and you can see what the proximity is to the base you are looking at. That way when your husband puts in his "wish list" (that's what we used to call it way back when) you know where each base is and the CF center closest to that base.
Good luck in your search for a new assignment.