I am quite overwhelmed with all there is to do now I am back home. Bills to pay, laundry to do, meds to take… I am still on three IV antibiotics, one is in a large syringe that I slowly push in over 10 minutes (or slower when it makes me nauseous). The other [...]
Complications of CFRD (poorly controlled):
Infections due to decreased white blood cell count phagocystosis.
Phagocystosis is the ability to encourage white blood cells to destroy bacteria.
Increased viscosity of mucus secretions with hyperglycemia and dehydration.
Dehydration is caused by the body trying to flush the excess blood glucose out in the urine.
Increased protein catabolism with CF [...]
Genotype is predictive of pancreatic status:
Delta F508 (the most common genetic defect in Cystic Fibrosis) homozygous genotype is associated with pancreatic insufficiency in nearly all patients.
This genotype is also at higher risk for CFRD.
After almost a week, I am home from the hospital. It felt sooo nice to fall asleep in my own bed curled up with my little puppy last night.
Right now lil Brodie is curled up on the sofa next to me along with the new addition to the house, my oxygen tubing. This is [...]
It is official. First the hospital dietitian tells me that I am crazy for thinking that dairy products make me cough despite my telling them I was allergic as a kid.
They really topped that today! I have a severe allergy to melons, all kinds, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe… this is written allll over [...]
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