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Since transplant, my blood pressure has shot up, which I know is a pretty common side effect of <span class="J-JK9eJ-PJVNOc">Prograf. <span class="J-JK9eJ-PJVNOc">Pre-transplant, I was in the nice, low 105/65 range. Now I'm averaging around 130/85. My doctor doesn't think I should start taking a...

Since transplant, my blood pressure has shot up, which I know is a pretty common side effect of <span class="J-JK9eJ-PJVNOc">Prograf. <span class="J-JK9eJ-PJVNOc">Pre-transplant, I was in the nice, low 105/65 range. Now I'm averaging around 130/85. My doctor doesn't think I should start taking a...

Just because you have a high GTT does not mean that you need insulin treatment. If your blood sugar does not spike after meals then you would be doing yourself harm by opening yourself up to hypoglycemia if you took insulin. Even the A1C won't tell too much because it is artificially low in CF...

Just because you have a high GTT does not mean that you need insulin treatment. If your blood sugar does not spike after meals then you would be doing yourself harm by opening yourself up to hypoglycemia if you took insulin. Even the A1C won't tell too much because it is artificially low in CF...

How do you adjust from being a cystic fibrosis patient to a transplant patient? I am planning on going home from the hospital tomorrow following my transplant and I don't know how to be a transplant patient. I know CF. I don't know transplants. Did you easily fall into this new role? Like does...

How do you adjust from being a cystic fibrosis patient to a transplant patient? I am planning on going home from the hospital tomorrow following my transplant and I don't know how to be a transplant patient. I know CF. I don't know transplants. Did you easily fall into this new role? Like does...

I think he would be fine watching things. For the past year or so I have been checking my blood sugar after meals a few times per week but not receiving treatment. My OGTT was high (241), but my sugars after meals are relatively normal. They go up if I am sick, but otherwise they haven't been...

I think he would be fine watching things. For the past year or so I have been checking my blood sugar after meals a few times per week but not receiving treatment. My OGTT was high (241), but my sugars after meals are relatively normal. They go up if I am sick, but otherwise they haven't been...

I got my parking pass when my PFTs were consistantly in the 30s and I had a hard time in the cold and/or humidity. I didn't quite reach the criteria all the time, but I was close enough that my doc signed off on it for my bad days with the agreement that I wouldn't abuse it. After all, walking...

I got my parking pass when my PFTs were consistantly in the 30s and I had a hard time in the cold and/or humidity. I didn't quite reach the criteria all the time, but I was close enough that my doc signed off on it for my bad days with the agreement that I wouldn't abuse it. After all, walking...

I got my parking pass when my PFTs were consistantly in the 30s and I had a hard time in the cold and/or humidity. I didn't quite reach the criteria all the time, but I was close enough that my doc signed off on it for my bad days with the agreement that I wouldn't abuse it. After all, walking...

I work "full time" for my family's business. By "full time" I mean that I work at least 40 hours per week when I'm healthy, but then I miss a couple weeks for a hospital admission. They are very understanding about all my appointments. However, I have been thinking seriously about going on...

I work "full time" for my family's business. By "full time" I mean that I work at least 40 hours per week when I'm healthy, but then I miss a couple weeks for a hospital admission. They are very understanding about all my appointments. However, I have been thinking seriously about going on...

I work "full time" for my family's business. By "full time" I mean that I work at least 40 hours per week when I'm healthy, but then I miss a couple weeks for a hospital admission. They are very understanding about all my appointments. However, I have been thinking seriously about going on...

You can kick a staph infection if you kill it off before it colonizes your lungs. Once you are dealing with a colonization, as far as I know the most you can do is attack it when it flares, but you can't eradicate it. However, it sounds like you are saying that the staph is new, and therefore...