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I wonder if inhaling meds could be done by direct vaporizing. Many of the antibiotics and the like have fairly low vapor points. Anybody have any thoughts? Depending on how neutral the vapor would be, it could be either extreme as far as taste but a few (4) inhalationd could deliver the most...

I have wondered what ever happened with an arterial blood gas analysis? It isn't exactly fun since they puncture the artery at the same spot on your wrist they measure pulse. Yeah, right they don't do that anymore. Anyway a blood gas analysis, really measures the percent of oxygenation your...

I have wondered what ever happened with an arterial blood gas analysis? It isn't exactly fun since they puncture the artery at the same spot on your wrist they measure pulse. Yeah, right they don't do that anymore. Anyway a blood gas analysis, really measures the percent of oxygenation your...

You are kidding? If you ever wondered why body temperature is exactly 98.6 degrees, well it is an average of a significant number of people, all averaged at mid morning body temps. I am 97.3 degrees. How hot was the day, did you spend a lot of a time in air conditioning, what time were the...

I feel like hiding under a rock. In the course of my business, I spent a lot of time with upper management and company owners. I was surprised how many business owners had compromised health and though they carefully avoided enabling employees who constantly pressed their luck, they wouldn't...

Evita, <strong>Your daughter shows symptoms of lung and gastro-intestinal symptoms and a positive sweat test. Demand your CF specialist treat your daughter for CF. Also have your son take a sweat test. This is the simple answer. If you want to challenge your English, read on’ </strong> You have...

"And whooping cough can cool ya". The Coasters (circa 1956) sang this line in "Poisen Ivy". People whine that drug research has lost interest in antibiotics and frustrated with antivirals. In first grade our school lined up dor small pox inoculation. Most older kids got off when the teltale scar...

We all have special areas of talent, expertice and interest. By necessity CFers must be, or become experts. I admit that cystic fibrosis has ists own acronyms like FEV1, MRSA, CFRD, PI, Pa (not PA), etc. Even CFers who obsessively study the disorder go on the hunt to decypher some uncommon...

Indeed I will chime in here. Sometimes you just have to go see the best of the best. Dr. Freedman was head of Beth Israel’s Pancreatic Center, and may still be. I think he saw so many older adults with confirmed idiopathic pancreatitis that consistently showed to be late diagnosed CF that he had...

Maybe you should profile your next employer. For openers, more employers are fighting a chronic illness than you might think. Chronic illness forces variability in work output. I think on average they are over achievers to start, and a business comes down to a few options to assure steady...

CF genetics is a real hair puller. CrisDopher lamented over the discovering a correlation between CF and the CFTR gene mutation. Until knowing translates into action, for all practical purposes it is useless. Here comes G551D with a genetic magic bullet. Big deal, so we eliminate CF symptoms...

Don't knock hope. One of Walter Winchell's regrets I hope he carried to his grave was a deliberate concocted sabotage of the first large scale distribution of the original Polio Vaccine in August of 1954. For those unfamiliar with Walter Winchell, he was a very popular Gossipist, his self...

I hope this is more than just from here on. I have read some subject topics worthy of more than just forum opinion. I am thinking of "Anybody Got M470V" which was filled with anechdotal information that could be the header of a research project. Please let us know the where how and when details

I think the opening question was ‘how long will it be when we find a cure for CF and no more deaths will result from CF’. A cure, for the living CFers most probably will involve something to mitigate what results in thick mucus. For CFers that have pulmonary presentations the root of all their...

Not long after my father died, from complications of CF, the movie "Love Story" hit the local theater. The only salient comparison between the movies was disease discovery, a deep abiding love and the death of a very dear person. Touted as a great movie to see, my mother and I went to see it...

Fentanyl patches have been around at least 15 years, as around then I started using them. Rheumatoid arthritis ranks right at the top along with acute pancreatitis or severe chronic pancreatitis, severe gout and many more than I would like to think about. Your doctor is probably being cautious...

krisgabes: Did you mean to say you are terrified of dentists, or terrified of your dentist. All dentists are not equal. I have seen more differences between dentists as far as their practice, patient relations etc than medical doctors, especially in specialists. Find a dentist that allays your...

CF has a spotty history. If you are not in a large city and your family doctor has treated your entire family including your parents, as an example, if respiratory afflictions, chronic sinusitis, GI problems of the sort then the doctor might have suspected CF. For quite some time, newborns have...

This would be really interesting, but, where is the right margin? It cuts off the posts so I can't read anything cohrerrent. Also, the usual icons at the post tops and the reply stuff on the bottom right of every post under the topic of Sinus Surgery, which the question/topic is duplicated but...

Ya Think??? I was still precognitive when my primary teeth started develping painful cavities, so I am told, but my numerous silver fillings in baby teeth didn't bode well for my permanent teeth. One dentist was so frustrated by my rotten teeth, after several fillings ultimately didn't have...