Rectal biopsy for CF??? Never heard of this

[tammykrumrey]

I am sorry that the test came back positive<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I know how difficult this must be. Please take some time to yourself, then come back here if you need a shoulder to lean on. We will be here.

 

[tammykrumrey]

I am sorry that the test came back positive<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I know how difficult this must be. Please take some time to yourself, then come back here if you need a shoulder to lean on. We will be here.

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>spacemom</b></i>

The test biopsy came out positive. I'm devastated. I don't even know what's my son's mutation. Anyway, it doesn't even matter.</end quote></div>

I am sorry that its positive, but you have to look at it the best that you can. Now you know and now he can get the appropriate treatment. HUGS to you!

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>spacemom</b></i>

The test biopsy came out positive. I'm devastated. I don't even know what's my son's mutation. Anyway, it doesn't even matter.</end quote></div>

I am sorry that its positive, but you have to look at it the best that you can. Now you know and now he can get the appropriate treatment. HUGS to you!

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>spacemom</b></i>

The test biopsy came out positive. I'm devastated. I don't even know what's my son's mutation. Anyway, it doesn't even matter.</end quote></div>

I am sorry that its positive, but you have to look at it the best that you can. Now you know and now he can get the appropriate treatment. HUGS to you!

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>spacemom</b></i>

The test biopsy came out positive. I'm devastated. I don't even know what's my son's mutation. Anyway, it doesn't even matter.</end quote></div>

I am sorry that its positive, but you have to look at it the best that you can. Now you know and now he can get the appropriate treatment. HUGS to you!

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>spacemom</b></i>

The test biopsy came out positive. I'm devastated. I don't even know what's my son's mutation. Anyway, it doesn't even matter.</end quote>

I am sorry that its positive, but you have to look at it the best that you can. Now you know and now he can get the appropriate treatment. HUGS to you!

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>spacemom</b></i>

The test biopsy came out positive. I'm devastated. I don't even know what's my son's mutation. Anyway, it doesn't even matter.</end quote>

I am sorry that its positive, but you have to look at it the best that you can. Now you know and now he can get the appropriate treatment. HUGS to you!

 

[ktsmom]

spacemom, I sent you a Private Message as well.

I am very sorry your son's diagnosis, but as Melissa said it is so important that now he will get the treatment he needs.

Thank you for the update and also for sharing the details of this new diagnostic test. You will find lots of support and understanding on this forum. I hope you can find some comfort in these first days - they are hard, I know.

 

[ktsmom]

spacemom, I sent you a Private Message as well.

I am very sorry your son's diagnosis, but as Melissa said it is so important that now he will get the treatment he needs.

Thank you for the update and also for sharing the details of this new diagnostic test. You will find lots of support and understanding on this forum. I hope you can find some comfort in these first days - they are hard, I know.

 

[ktsmom]

spacemom, I sent you a Private Message as well.

I am very sorry your son's diagnosis, but as Melissa said it is so important that now he will get the treatment he needs.

Thank you for the update and also for sharing the details of this new diagnostic test. You will find lots of support and understanding on this forum. I hope you can find some comfort in these first days - they are hard, I know.

 

[ktsmom]

spacemom, I sent you a Private Message as well.

I am very sorry your son's diagnosis, but as Melissa said it is so important that now he will get the treatment he needs.

Thank you for the update and also for sharing the details of this new diagnostic test. You will find lots of support and understanding on this forum. I hope you can find some comfort in these first days - they are hard, I know.

 

[ktsmom]

spacemom, I sent you a Private Message as well.

I am very sorry your son's diagnosis, but as Melissa said it is so important that now he will get the treatment he needs.

Thank you for the update and also for sharing the details of this new diagnostic test. You will find lots of support and understanding on this forum. I hope you can find some comfort in these first days - they are hard, I know.

 

[ktsmom]

spacemom, I sent you a Private Message as well.

I am very sorry your son's diagnosis, but as Melissa said it is so important that now he will get the treatment he needs.

Thank you for the update and also for sharing the details of this new diagnostic test. You will find lots of support and understanding on this forum. I hope you can find some comfort in these first days - they are hard, I know.

 

[spacemom]

Thanks for your kind support and encouragement, everybody.... . I guess I've been in denial, just because the genetic test came negative. The fact is, doctors raised their first CF suspicion in August 2005, and his first CF appointment was in November the same year.
Since then he's been treated as a CF patient: TOBI, bronchodilators, antibiotics, occasional cortisone, and done a battery of tests, bloodwork, stools (for elastase, negative) cat scans, lung function, sputum analyses, genetic test, sweat tests, bone densitometry, the whole shebang, maybe I'm missing some here.
He could have started earlier if a stupid GP hadn't wasted almost years prescribing cough syrups and drops. Stupid me for not going to the specialist earlier!!!
So, doctors always said no definite diagnosis, before, but they have been always leaning to CF, mainly because of the ever-present pseudomonas, which only disappeaed once, but came back in a couple months.
Now they have a definite diagnosis, don't know if that will make any difference in terms of treatment. Guess not. He'salso got that special status of having a chronic disease, which exempts him of any costs of hospital medical acts, and a great reduction in pharmacy-bought meds.

Now, I have to calm down and think other things over. This positive test makes me definitely a carrier, and I have another child - but it's from a different father.
She never had the slightest CF symptoms, in fact she was even healthier as a baby than her brother, who got 3 or 4 bad colds in the 1st year of life (maybe that was a CF alert already!!). Now she's 13, and she may be a carrier. Meaning, one day she'll have to make sure she doesn't conceive a CF baby. More problems! Nobody can 100% sure they're not a CF carrier, because there are unknown mutations popping up all the time!

Gosh, so many things in my head. Thanks for the great advice. I'd like my son to be a member of this forum himself, but he says he would be depressed and hypocondriac in no time!!!!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

So, I'll hang around to get more education and experiences, to pass on to him... please bear with me every now and then!

 

[spacemom]

Thanks for your kind support and encouragement, everybody.... . I guess I've been in denial, just because the genetic test came negative. The fact is, doctors raised their first CF suspicion in August 2005, and his first CF appointment was in November the same year.
Since then he's been treated as a CF patient: TOBI, bronchodilators, antibiotics, occasional cortisone, and done a battery of tests, bloodwork, stools (for elastase, negative) cat scans, lung function, sputum analyses, genetic test, sweat tests, bone densitometry, the whole shebang, maybe I'm missing some here.
He could have started earlier if a stupid GP hadn't wasted almost years prescribing cough syrups and drops. Stupid me for not going to the specialist earlier!!!
So, doctors always said no definite diagnosis, before, but they have been always leaning to CF, mainly because of the ever-present pseudomonas, which only disappeaed once, but came back in a couple months.
Now they have a definite diagnosis, don't know if that will make any difference in terms of treatment. Guess not. He'salso got that special status of having a chronic disease, which exempts him of any costs of hospital medical acts, and a great reduction in pharmacy-bought meds.

Now, I have to calm down and think other things over. This positive test makes me definitely a carrier, and I have another child - but it's from a different father.
She never had the slightest CF symptoms, in fact she was even healthier as a baby than her brother, who got 3 or 4 bad colds in the 1st year of life (maybe that was a CF alert already!!). Now she's 13, and she may be a carrier. Meaning, one day she'll have to make sure she doesn't conceive a CF baby. More problems! Nobody can 100% sure they're not a CF carrier, because there are unknown mutations popping up all the time!

Gosh, so many things in my head. Thanks for the great advice. I'd like my son to be a member of this forum himself, but he says he would be depressed and hypocondriac in no time!!!!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

So, I'll hang around to get more education and experiences, to pass on to him... please bear with me every now and then!

 

[spacemom]

Thanks for your kind support and encouragement, everybody.... . I guess I've been in denial, just because the genetic test came negative. The fact is, doctors raised their first CF suspicion in August 2005, and his first CF appointment was in November the same year.
Since then he's been treated as a CF patient: TOBI, bronchodilators, antibiotics, occasional cortisone, and done a battery of tests, bloodwork, stools (for elastase, negative) cat scans, lung function, sputum analyses, genetic test, sweat tests, bone densitometry, the whole shebang, maybe I'm missing some here.
He could have started earlier if a stupid GP hadn't wasted almost years prescribing cough syrups and drops. Stupid me for not going to the specialist earlier!!!
So, doctors always said no definite diagnosis, before, but they have been always leaning to CF, mainly because of the ever-present pseudomonas, which only disappeaed once, but came back in a couple months.
Now they have a definite diagnosis, don't know if that will make any difference in terms of treatment. Guess not. He'salso got that special status of having a chronic disease, which exempts him of any costs of hospital medical acts, and a great reduction in pharmacy-bought meds.

Now, I have to calm down and think other things over. This positive test makes me definitely a carrier, and I have another child - but it's from a different father.
She never had the slightest CF symptoms, in fact she was even healthier as a baby than her brother, who got 3 or 4 bad colds in the 1st year of life (maybe that was a CF alert already!!). Now she's 13, and she may be a carrier. Meaning, one day she'll have to make sure she doesn't conceive a CF baby. More problems! Nobody can 100% sure they're not a CF carrier, because there are unknown mutations popping up all the time!

Gosh, so many things in my head. Thanks for the great advice. I'd like my son to be a member of this forum himself, but he says he would be depressed and hypocondriac in no time!!!!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

So, I'll hang around to get more education and experiences, to pass on to him... please bear with me every now and then!

 

[spacemom]

Thanks for your kind support and encouragement, everybody.... . I guess I've been in denial, just because the genetic test came negative. The fact is, doctors raised their first CF suspicion in August 2005, and his first CF appointment was in November the same year.
Since then he's been treated as a CF patient: TOBI, bronchodilators, antibiotics, occasional cortisone, and done a battery of tests, bloodwork, stools (for elastase, negative) cat scans, lung function, sputum analyses, genetic test, sweat tests, bone densitometry, the whole shebang, maybe I'm missing some here.
He could have started earlier if a stupid GP hadn't wasted almost years prescribing cough syrups and drops. Stupid me for not going to the specialist earlier!!!
So, doctors always said no definite diagnosis, before, but they have been always leaning to CF, mainly because of the ever-present pseudomonas, which only disappeaed once, but came back in a couple months.
Now they have a definite diagnosis, don't know if that will make any difference in terms of treatment. Guess not. He'salso got that special status of having a chronic disease, which exempts him of any costs of hospital medical acts, and a great reduction in pharmacy-bought meds.

Now, I have to calm down and think other things over. This positive test makes me definitely a carrier, and I have another child - but it's from a different father.
She never had the slightest CF symptoms, in fact she was even healthier as a baby than her brother, who got 3 or 4 bad colds in the 1st year of life (maybe that was a CF alert already!!). Now she's 13, and she may be a carrier. Meaning, one day she'll have to make sure she doesn't conceive a CF baby. More problems! Nobody can 100% sure they're not a CF carrier, because there are unknown mutations popping up all the time!

Gosh, so many things in my head. Thanks for the great advice. I'd like my son to be a member of this forum himself, but he says he would be depressed and hypocondriac in no time!!!!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

So, I'll hang around to get more education and experiences, to pass on to him... please bear with me every now and then!

 

[spacemom]

Thanks for your kind support and encouragement, everybody.... . I guess I've been in denial, just because the genetic test came negative. The fact is, doctors raised their first CF suspicion in August 2005, and his first CF appointment was in November the same year.
Since then he's been treated as a CF patient: TOBI, bronchodilators, antibiotics, occasional cortisone, and done a battery of tests, bloodwork, stools (for elastase, negative) cat scans, lung function, sputum analyses, genetic test, sweat tests, bone densitometry, the whole shebang, maybe I'm missing some here.
He could have started earlier if a stupid GP hadn't wasted almost years prescribing cough syrups and drops. Stupid me for not going to the specialist earlier!!!
So, doctors always said no definite diagnosis, before, but they have been always leaning to CF, mainly because of the ever-present pseudomonas, which only disappeaed once, but came back in a couple months.
Now they have a definite diagnosis, don't know if that will make any difference in terms of treatment. Guess not. He'salso got that special status of having a chronic disease, which exempts him of any costs of hospital medical acts, and a great reduction in pharmacy-bought meds.

Now, I have to calm down and think other things over. This positive test makes me definitely a carrier, and I have another child - but it's from a different father.
She never had the slightest CF symptoms, in fact she was even healthier as a baby than her brother, who got 3 or 4 bad colds in the 1st year of life (maybe that was a CF alert already!!). Now she's 13, and she may be a carrier. Meaning, one day she'll have to make sure she doesn't conceive a CF baby. More problems! Nobody can 100% sure they're not a CF carrier, because there are unknown mutations popping up all the time!

Gosh, so many things in my head. Thanks for the great advice. I'd like my son to be a member of this forum himself, but he says he would be depressed and hypocondriac in no time!!!!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

So, I'll hang around to get more education and experiences, to pass on to him... please bear with me every now and then!

 

[spacemom]

Thanks for your kind support and encouragement, everybody.... . I guess I've been in denial, just because the genetic test came negative. The fact is, doctors raised their first CF suspicion in August 2005, and his first CF appointment was in November the same year.
Since then he's been treated as a CF patient: TOBI, bronchodilators, antibiotics, occasional cortisone, and done a battery of tests, bloodwork, stools (for elastase, negative) cat scans, lung function, sputum analyses, genetic test, sweat tests, bone densitometry, the whole shebang, maybe I'm missing some here.
He could have started earlier if a stupid GP hadn't wasted almost years prescribing cough syrups and drops. Stupid me for not going to the specialist earlier!!!
So, doctors always said no definite diagnosis, before, but they have been always leaning to CF, mainly because of the ever-present pseudomonas, which only disappeaed once, but came back in a couple months.
Now they have a definite diagnosis, don't know if that will make any difference in terms of treatment. Guess not. He'salso got that special status of having a chronic disease, which exempts him of any costs of hospital medical acts, and a great reduction in pharmacy-bought meds.

Now, I have to calm down and think other things over. This positive test makes me definitely a carrier, and I have another child - but it's from a different father.
She never had the slightest CF symptoms, in fact she was even healthier as a baby than her brother, who got 3 or 4 bad colds in the 1st year of life (maybe that was a CF alert already!!). Now she's 13, and she may be a carrier. Meaning, one day she'll have to make sure she doesn't conceive a CF baby. More problems! Nobody can 100% sure they're not a CF carrier, because there are unknown mutations popping up all the time!

Gosh, so many things in my head. Thanks for the great advice. I'd like my son to be a member of this forum himself, but he says he would be depressed and hypocondriac in no time!!!!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

So, I'll hang around to get more education and experiences, to pass on to him... please bear with me every now and then!