Recent content by robert321

I have had hospital pharmacy send up the wrong dose enzyme before, I caught it, questioned it and got it corrected. Once while I was admitted, there was another cf patient in the room next to mine with a similar last name, the on call doctor pulled the chart to prescribe the other guy a round of...

haha, this is still going? I remember when this thread started. ...I win

I've always heard it associated with noises coming from down in the lungs. It sounds like the poprocks candy if you are familiar with that or similar but not quite the same as put your ear to a can of soda and listen to it fizz. Its not uncommon with cf patients, try albuterol, xopenex, or other...

Hydration might be a contributor like the above poster mentioned, one of the first places I would look would be vitamin levels. When did you last have them pulled? That would also account for why otherwise feeling better or changes in diet etc. wouldn't help.

Unfortunately right now there is far more applicants than jobs and a lot of potential employers are more looking for reasons to not hire you than reasons why they should. Build a relationship with the company and show what you're worth before telling them anything. If it comes down to it, you...

No it does not have sulfa in it. I am alergic to sulfa but have had ceftaz many times. However last time I had ceftaz I had a reaction and its been added to the allergy list.

liquid dish soap will take any stain out of just about anything. work some dish soap into the stain, then squirt some additional into the washer for good measure. I use it instead of shout or spray and wash. Its a heck of a lot cheaper, and will actually work to get **these** stains out. Its...

He never sat up straight, sat with his shoulders forward like we will do and are repeatedly told not to, and would lean against the table, etc. I never really noticed how many posture tells we have until I saw him. I suppose I should work on my own posture. I noticed his respirations were at...

Has anyone else been somewhere and come across someone that you are just convinced has cf? I was in a meeting this morning for work and the guy sitting down from me I later found out has cf. I saw him before the meeting come in with his coworkers and I didn't think anything of it until during...

I had a picc placed a couple years ago that the guy who placed it didn't like stat locks so he didn't put one on it. That picc pulled out half way in about 5 days and wouldn't wouldn't draw and was hard to flush so they replaced it. He had some other thing he put on it that he thought was...

A guy told me it's also on discovery tomorrow night (Monday) at 6. I haven't gone and verified that myself yet though.

I saw a commercial on velocity while i was at work this afternoon for an episode of overhaulin where they restore an old Volkswagen beetle for a guy with cf. It airs Tuesday night at 9 eastern time on velocity. I don't get the channel at home but the dvr at work is definitely set ;) ...for...

delayed puberty is a known effect of cf. I couldn't tell you why though. I'm 22 and both my younger brothers have a full beard and on me I grow a pretty good goatee and might be able to pull off long sideburns but most everything else just isn't there. It varies from person to person. Talk to...

Huston has a clinic that I have heard good things about. Never been there myself but one of the nurse practitioners at my clinic used to work there. Also have heard a couple of cfers speak highly of it. As for climate, if you haven't been there before just imagine that sticky nasty hot humid the...

Compounding pharmacies are necessary as drs often write some unusual scripts. One example is with cancer patients dealing with thrush drs will often write for a combination of malox, a pain killer, and its been too long to remember what else is in it. It is used as a mouthwash/rinse, no company...