My mom has a hard time with my "adult CF". I am learning now that she just dealt with things when I was a teenager. Never came to terms with my "diagnosis" until I was in college.
I have had to sit down with her and educate her on the new things I am learning (here and other places). She got the "deer in the headlights" look on a few occasions when we talk about serious issues related to CF. I send her articles via email. That way she can read them at her leisure. My step-dad still has a hard time coming to terms with my health. He occasionally wants to know when my cough will go away. I educate him little by little. He understand the diabetes part but everything else is so foreign to him.
I have had to sit down with her and educate her on the new things I am learning (here and other places). She got the "deer in the headlights" look on a few occasions when we talk about serious issues related to CF. I send her articles via email. That way she can read them at her leisure. My step-dad still has a hard time coming to terms with my health. He occasionally wants to know when my cough will go away. I educate him little by little. He understand the diabetes part but everything else is so foreign to him.