Hi everyone! It has been a while since I last posted and so much has gone on. I warn you I am quite out of it, doped up on pain pills right now. Thursday afternoon I had my first ever sinus surgery to fix my severe chronic sinusitis. I think the [...]
So I thought I had been doing really well with my new high-fructose free diet. (cue the music… bum bum bummmm)…. until this morning. I never thought to read the lable of my yogurt container, it’s yogurt, it should be good for you! But turns out I was waaay wrong! My [...]
Hehehe! I can’t wait to try these cookies! They sound heavenly! For the most part they stick to my high fructose corn syrup free diet (is there a better word than diet?). I will be replacing the brand name m&m’s with maybe something organic and fructose free if I can find [...]
Mom had surgery on Tuesday. She was supposed to be released from the hospital today, but she spiked a fever and her oxygen levels dropped. Turns out she has a lung infection.
I am a bit worried since my lung bugs are acting up again and I just saw her on [...]
I received a recipe from one of my favorite readers for Smoothies! YUM!
As I may have mentioned before, I did a test (accidental as usual) when I was sick several months ago. I found out I felt awesome (a huge difference) the next morning if I ate a vegetarian dinner the night before. [...]
One of my difficulties in staying healthy while living with Cystic Fibrosis is airway clearance. I have to spend time every morning and evening focusing on getting the thick and sticky mucus out of my lungs. Something that may take a simple clearing of the throat in someone who is “normal” may take [...]
I thought I would post my letter here as part an educational tool about CFRD and as well a help to any one with CFRD that has insurance troubles getting an insulin pump or continuous glucose monitor system. I am hoping to follow this up with a CFRD dictionary to help explain some of [...]
Recently I have been having a lot of nightmares where I am being chased. I usually eat dinner really late and have wondering if it may be the root of my bad dreams. I never know why these strangers are chasing me, but my friend thinks he found the answer in this comic he [...]
Happy May! Congress has officially named MAY Cystic Fibrosis Awareness month. Yippee!!
So this month maybe you can do one of more of these things:
* Send out a mass email sending people to this site to show them what life is like for someone with Cystic Fibrosis.
* Participate in the national Great Strides walks happening [...]
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