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I started taking a round of cipro & bactrium for 28days. Well when I picked it up at the pharm she told me that I needed to take it when I had no food in my stomach and then wait again about 2 hours after to eat again... how in the WORLD am I suppose to manage this? I do tube feeds in the...

So 4 weeks ago I was discharged from the hospital. I had a 62% lung function. I was so excited. I never thought to look at the numbers other than %'s b/c I assumed the standards were the same for every machine.... 2 weeks ago I ended up back in the hospital in the ICU on bi-pap b/c of a virus...

I was discharged from the hospital 3 weeks ago after a 3 week stay on IV abx. I had a lung function of 62% and was doing good. 2 weeks later I contracted a virus and it wiped me out. I ended up in the ICU on a bi-pap machine for 3 days. I am looking to be out of the hospital monday, but I still...

OMG guys I am so totally lost. I know nothing about diabetes. Today I met with the dietician and the diabetes education nurse and I'm so lost. I have been having blood sugar problems b/c of my steriods. Well even though they weaned me off them it never went away, so now I have CFRD. They...

So for those of you that take lots of medications, how do you keep them all straight?? I was doing ok, but since this hospital stay my doctors have added ALOT of different medications. I was wondering if any of you made a list of your meds and actually checked them off. If so, what program do...

So about a week ago my doc started some IV steriods to help with everything while Im here in the hospital. I have been having night sweats when I sleep and it freaked one of the drs out so they checked my blood sugar. (odd to me but glad they did). My sugars were 350, at 3am in the morning...

Do you guys have one? I got to thinking about them. My husband, bless his heart he trys, but he is NOT up to speed on CF at all. It just confuses him and we are trying to teach him and educate him, but what if something happened to be BEFORE than and he just didn't know. I was thinking of...

Has anyone ever used garlic as an antibiotic???

ok so quick question. What does the cff say about it? Are you just suppose to have the blog test done every year? Or is it the actual tolerance test? The reason I ask is b/c my doc said they drew my blood while in the hospital and it looked fine so I don't need to have a tolerance test done...

are they dishwasher safe?

blah - though Im doing good I am bummed... weight: 114 (up from 97 in july). FEV1: 52% (up from 51% on discharge august 13th) Well I am glad for the weight. So hopefully Ill get to 125 soon enough. On the worse note I am sad for my FEV1 nummber. 52% thats ONE LUNG...thats it... I have been...

man sometimes coming onto the board I feel so careless with my health. I mean I try and eat good. I do my treatments 2 times a day, I try and get an exercise in every day or atleast 3 times a week. But I read some of these posts and it REALLY makes me feel like I am being so careless....however...

since coming home from the hospital I can't sleep and when I do sleep I don't want to wake up. I am exhausted ALL the time and I am peeing ALL the time (no Im not preggo I have had to normal periods since then). I have come home from the hospital on pulmozyme, nexium, symbicort. I also was...

does anyone here collect disability even though there husband works and they have no work history???

what states have health insuracances that are free (or almost free) that I can get on (im 21).

I need sleep...I can't sleep for ANYTHING. And because of that I feel like CRAP during the day and all I want to do is sleep (which I can't do bc I have a 1.5 year old). Do ya'll take anything for sleep? Does it make you feel ok? Do you feel like you get a REALLY GREAT night of sleep??? Any...

how much to you spend a week at the grocery store...and for how many people and for how long We just spent $160 at the store for 3 people and a little over a weeks worth of food... INSANE

I keep getting sore throats and losing my voice. I think its because of the hypertonic saline. I sound very course and raspy. Does this happen to anyone else?

What kind of vitamins do you use??? Which is the best??/ I was on the chewable Adeks, then when I switched clinics they switched me to source CF. I like them better and they don't give me a nasty taste. In the hospital I have to get the aquAdeks and they make my stomach upset.

I am having such an issue with the military and meds. As of now I am having to use 3 different pharmacies and Im losing my mind keeping up with everything. I use CF services pharm b/c its the only place I can get like pulmo, HS, pari neb cups, and vitamins Then I use the base pharmacy for my...