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Well I meant to ask my doc this today at my appointment, but it slipped my mind and I know someone here will know it. What is a bi-pap? I am assuming it is a machine, but I have read several posts mentioning this and haven't a clue as to what this is and I would like to know. Thank You, Lindsey

Hey guys. I was reading the thread on the infrared and fluoro for PICC insertion and it got me thinking about this. I know they numb the area before they insert the line or attempt to insert the line, but do you guys feel pressure when they are inserting it. I am not meaning pressure on the...

Hi Christi, I just read your last post on one of your threads and wanted to extend an apology to you. I think that several people tried to answer your question as best they could - I also tried to give my experience in case it was of any help. I think that the thread just went drastically...

I was just wondering if any of you guys had this issue. Antibiotic wise I take Cipro as an oral when I have an infection and occasionally Bactrim. I usually take Zithromax three times a week all the time whether I have an infection or not. I have come across some people kind of getting...

I normally don't have a problem with allergies, but this year and the past few months my body has been going haywire with sneezing and itchy eyes and runny nose and so on. I was just wondering if it was just me or if the crazy weather was causing anyone else to have a hard time with allergies...

I justed wanted to thank everyone here. I think you are all inspiring, but I especially wanted to thank those of you that are older than I am (soon to be 24) and living with CF and those over the average life exp. I know some people may think everyone with CF is an inspiration not just older...

Hey Em. Just wanted to say that I was thinking about ya today and I am hoping that things went well with the doc today. Please take your time in posting how things went, I am not trying to rush you I just wanted to let you I was thinking of you and hoping things went well. Have a great...

Hey guys I was just wondering if anyone had ever read or heard of any of the studies and info that this DR had put out in regards to CF - he is not a CF Doc or a pulmonologist by the way. . My step-dad had mentioned him to me and a book of his (Dead Doctors Don't Lie). I researched some of his...

I have been kind of puzzled the past few weeks. I have had the overwhelming urge to take a nap about 4-5 days out of the week for the past two weeks. I have never been much of a nap taker, but have been laying down and catching some zzzs in the middle of the day lately. I would normally be...

Hey guys, I posted on here not to long ago about having to go for a 24 hr Holter Monitor for heart palpitations I was having, well I had that done yesterday and took the machine back this morning. The test went fine results will be back in a little over a week - the problem is .... they had to...

I just wanted to thank you for the tips on the Holter Monitor. I went this morning and got it hooked up. I did like you said and brought a sweatshirt - it worked well too cause I was able to slide the machine right in the opocket of my sweatshirt. I mainly just wanted to thank you for the...

Well I posted on here Friday night about my trip to the ER and how I was having heart palpitations. I looked through the archives and found some posts at the beginning/middle of May about the same problem and some people's experiences/causes, but I wanted to let you all know what the doc said...

Hey there, Well I have yet another question for you guys. I was wondering if any of you have ever had heart palpatations. I had an episode today when I was sitting at the comp. where my heart started racing, I felt it was skipping a beat (but it wasn't), I was having tightness in my throat...

My fiance, Kurt, and I were talking the other day about a little girl we know with CF. He had met her mother and the family (mom, and 3 children 6 yr old girl no CF, 4 yr old girl w/ CF, and 2 yr old boy no CF) through his work and became friends with them before he ever knew they had a...

Hey guys, Well after thinking it through and now that I am feeling better I am wanting to get on a routine of exercising. I figured it may help me to put on some muscle and some weight in the process. Here is the problem that I am running into ... I don't know what to do. I want to exercise to...

Well today has been wonderful so far. As some of you may know I have been in the hospital and on home IVs the past 2 weeks. I had been nursing an infection for about 1-2 months and just couldn't get over it on my own, so I was admitted. I had lost about 6-7 pounds, my PFTs were down to about...

This thought popped into my head earlier today and I figured I would ask here and see if I was alone with this "problem" so to speak. I have been on several different meds my entire life. Ranging from the Ultrase/Pancreas, Albuterol, Pulmozyme, insulins and so on to drugs that I only take when...

Hey guys, Well I am at a bit of a loss. For the first time ever I felt like I was losing my fight with CF at my doctors appointment on Wednesday. I have been doing everything that I am supposed to do and I was feeling allright. I have been fighting an infection the past month - I have been...

hey guys gotta question for you all. I believe I have been suffering from food poisoning the past oh not even 24 hours. I was wondering if anyone else has had this and if there is anything else I need to be concerned about with its affects with the CF. I have gone through the stomach cramping...

Hey just wanted to share because I have reached the point today where I could easily snap and take out about half of the city's population (kidding). I have been doing great. I have been on antibiotics lately (Cipro) and went in for a followup today where I was put on 2 more weeks of Cipro and...