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Recent content by ONELIFETOLIVE

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    Obama & Healthcare

    My belief is in health care for all. I have lived in Canada & Europe under several different systems, but the underlying fact is everyone is covered to a minimum standard. You don’t worry about your heath because you know you will be taken care of as a human right. Your only concern health wise...
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    Moving to a new climate...?

    I am an Army Bratt and we lived all over the world. - CA, Japan, Turkey, CO, WA. - probably why I was not diagnosed until I was 54, 10 years ago. Thank God the Army Dr.'s were so liberal with Penicillin. Currently living in th PNW, I find that I cough a lot more on the damp days VS dry. I am...
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    Denied by Social Security

    I suggest you send letters to your Federal representative and senator. Make a copy for your friends & family and have them send in the letters also. List out your medical problems and Dr. information. Wait a couple of weeks and do it all over again. After several rounds of letters, call and...
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    Denied by Social Security

    I suggest you send letters to your Federal representative and senator. Make a copy for your friends & family and have them send in the letters also. List out your medical problems and Dr. information. Wait a couple of weeks and do it all over again. After several rounds of letters, call and...
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    Long Term Antibiotics

    I was diagnosed at age 54 and now 10 years later, I have been on different antibiotics constantly for about 15 years. Started out with Doxycycline for years. Now I switch off every month between SMZ, & Doxy. When I get sick I use one of the following. Levaquin, Zithromax, Biaxin. I worry...
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    Long Term Antibiotics

    I was diagnosed at age 54 and now 10 years later, I have been on different antibiotics constantly for about 15 years. Started out with Doxycycline for years. Now I switch off every month between SMZ, & Doxy. When I get sick I use one of the following. Levaquin, Zithromax, Biaxin. I worry...
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    Sinus surgery?

    Yes! go for it. I am an old CF'r - 64 & I wouldn't be here today without sinus surgery. I've had probably <strong>20.</strong> When I was little I had polyps and was always sick with colds & really bad headaches. I had my first polyps removed & sinues cleaned out over 50 years ago, and it wasn't...
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    Sinus surgery?

    Yes! go for it. I am an old CF'r - 64 & I wouldn't be here today without sinus surgery. I've had probably <strong>20.</strong> When I was little I had polyps and was always sick with colds & really bad headaches. I had my first polyps removed & sinues cleaned out over 50 years ago, and it wasn't...
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    Headaches connected to sinus problems?

    I am another late diagnosed CF'r. I was 54 when they finally figured out what was wrong. I had polyps removed, sinus irrigations, surgery, over 25 times. Over 20 years ago in Switzerland they did some radical sinus microscopic surgery. Now when I go for a CT scan they always stop and ask me if I...
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    Headaches connected to sinus problems?

    I am another late diagnosed CF'r. I was 54 when they finally figured out what was wrong. I had polyps removed, sinus irrigations, surgery, over 25 times. Over 20 years ago in Switzerland they did some radical sinus microscopic surgery. Now when I go for a CT scan they always stop and ask me if I...
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    Headaches connected to sinus problems?

    I am another late diagnosed CF'r. I was 54 when they finally figured out what was wrong. I had polyps removed, sinus irrigations, surgery, over 25 times. Over 20 years ago in Switzerland they did some radical sinus microscopic surgery. Now when I go for a CT scan they always stop and ask me if I...
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    CFers over 40

    I was diagnosed at age 54 by an allergist.  I am now 63.   I was always sick as a child, but they didn't know what caused it.  The doctors told my mom that I had weak lungs (good guess) I had polyps and had over 20 surgeries on my nose & sinuses over the years.  I had many allergies, so the...
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    CFers over 40

    I was diagnosed at age 54 by an allergist. I am now 63. I was always sick as a child, but they didn't know what caused it. The doctors told my mom that I had weak lungs (good guess) I had polyps and had over 20 surgeries on my nose & sinuses over the years. I had many allergies, so the doctors...
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    CFers over 40

    I was diagnosed at age 54 by an allergist. I am now 63. I was always sick as a child, but they didn't know what caused it. The doctors told my mom that I had weak lungs (good guess) I had polyps and had over 20 surgeries on my nose & sinuses over the years. I had many allergies, so the doctors...
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