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    Any CF'ers in a medical profession

    I am a speech pathologist and I work with kids age 0-3. My CF has become a little more challenging lately, so I need to think about germs more. I may even be dealing with a tx in the future, though I am very able to work right now. In my profession, I go into people homes and work 1:1 with a...
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    I salute you all

    My 8-year old daughter is sick with pneumonia tonight. She doesn't have CF, I do. It is hard for me to conceptualize what my mom went through in the 70's trying to take care of me with the little information they had at the time. As I work to get her to take her liquid antibiotic, see the dark...
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    BFS Syndrome

    OK, so I was excited that the foundation has a new brochure out to educate school administrators. I thought that would be great as we get close to Great Strides and get our daughter's school involved. What a great tool to have in educating participants. So someone please tell me why the CF...
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    prescription drug costs

    My husband and I watched SICKO last night. I am just curious how much all of us are paying for some of our medications. I am sure it varies here in the US. I would also like to know how much some of you who are not in the US have to pay. Here are some of my costs: Monthly Premium: $320 for the...
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    Transplant statistics

    Does anyone know of a good website you can go to to look up report cards for transplant centers around the northeast. Something that shows the number done, survival rates, wait time.
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    Choosing a center

    All of you out there who have been through this please help. I am really frustrated today<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> You would think that with all of the issues involved in considering a lung tranplant (ie medical, insurance, financing) that one of those things...
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    Symbicort vs. Advair

    Does anyone know of any benefits to switching to Symbicort? I have used Advair for almost a year now and I love it. It has made a huge difference in my quality of life; however, I have one of those PIKO hand held FEV1 monitoring systems and I notice that a few times during the day my FEV1 drops...
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