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Monthly Archives: October 2008

One heck of a month

October 31, 2008 – 6:03 pm

October has been crazy.  While I was getting settled in at my new job, mother nature threw me for a loop again.  Yet another cold landed me back in the hospital.  I sat for two weeks with gurgly lungs taking oral Levaquin and nebulized Tobi with no relief.  Finally the nurses at work convinced me [...]

By Salty | Posted in Challenges, Cystic Fibrosis, Invisible Disease, Life in General, Tune-up | Comments (2)

One of my heros..

October 25, 2008 – 10:32 am

From the national cystic fibrosis conference going on in Florida this weekend.  Frank Accurso is one of the ringleading researchers of Cystic Fibrosis (also my former childhood doctor and current boss).  In the video below, as principle investigator, he speaks of an amazing new study drug, Vertex VX-770. This is not a cure, but it [...]

By Salty | Posted in Cystic Fibrosis | Comments (1)