Now this has me thinking what other people's CF doctors tell them in this regard.
Our daughters CF doctor has told us that a cure may not be as close as they once beleived because the body is just so much more complicated than what they ever imagined. BUT, he does feel that with the developments of better medications we will definately see an increase in the life expectancy of those with CF.
He is very optimistic that we will see things lessen the severity of the disease. I cannot remember exactly what he said was in trial right now that looked promising, but basically it was a medication for maintainance, not a cure, that one would take on a daily basis possibly, that would lessen the severity. He said that it is promising in that it may make a severe case of CF a mild case of CF, and that at this time, it is the best thing he has ever seen come through the pipelines.
Our doctor is very active in research and I feel he is a reliable source. He speaks at conferences all over the country in what research he is doing. He's not just one to be sitting at the office all day and seeing patients. He is very active. (I just wanted to add that in case someone was curious regarding his involvement of CF research, not to say that another doctor may not know what he is talking about)
I am always optimistic, but he has told us not to plan on seeing a cure, although it would be great. But he is very excited about this new 'medication' going into later trials. So far everything in the labs is promising. His exact words were, this is the closest thing we have ever had that could put me out of business<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">. We shall see!