I am so new here, I'm not sure how to "thread". I hope I'm doing it correctly.
My name is Debbi, I am 47 yrs old and was dx late with CF at age 43. I was also dxed with bronchiectisis at age 28. I have the Delta 508 gene and I forget the other one - my husband is sleeping in the room with the file so I can't list it now.
I've been married 20 years. I have one child who we adopted at age 7mos. He just turned 13 years this week. He has Aspergers and I homeschool him, which is getting harder with the CF progression.
The first 3 years of my treatment was through the clinic at Johns Hopkins. I loved them and miss them. We moved to northern GA, just outside of Chattanooga, this year and I now go to Vanderbilt in Nashville every 3 mos. or more often when needed. I have been nothing but sick since we moved down here, so I've been fighting discouragement.
I have Pseudomonis and am resistant to every oral antibiotic but right now they are trying 875mg Augmentin 2x/day because I was on IV antibiotics 2mos. ago and they think it's too soon to repeat them. I'm on Prednisone right now, too. A company is looking into whether my insurance will cover my getting a Vest, so that will be new to me.
I'm lousy at the exercise bit. I have a Total Gym, which I love, and a treadmill. But I'll just get into a routine and then will have an exacerbation and will need to stop, then can't get back into the habit again. I really need to lose weight - I'm 5'3 1/2" and weigh 168lbs right now. My husband is on the road a lot and with the isolation, depression & discouragement I turn to food as the highlight of my day ---baaaddd girl!!! But I don't want diabetes, too, and more weight-related problems, so I'm TRYING to lose!
I just found this site and am looking forward to making some Adult CF friends. I feel like no one around me quite understands but perhaps here I'll find people who do and we can learn from each other.