Cystic Fibrosis Forum (EXP)

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Search results

  1. C

    Something You Often Forget When Being Admitted

    Thanks for the checklist. I am about to leave for the hospital and figured I'd pop online before leaving and this thread was here. What timing lol! I tend to forget flip flops/shower shoes. Definitely don't want my feet touching the hospital floor. Ick. Oh, and a deck of cards. Just...
  2. C

    Something You Often Forget When Being Admitted

    Thanks for the checklist. I am about to leave for the hospital and figured I'd pop online before leaving and this thread was here. What timing lol! I tend to forget flip flops/shower shoes. Definitely don't want my feet touching the hospital floor. Ick. Oh, and a deck of cards. Just...
  3. C

    Something You Often Forget When Being Admitted

    Thanks for the checklist. I am about to leave for the hospital and figured I'd pop online before leaving and this thread was here. What timing lol! I tend to forget flip flops/shower shoes. Definitely don't want my feet touching the hospital floor. Ick. Oh, and a deck of cards. Just...
  4. C

    MRSA

    I would guess that, after treating your "regular" staph for years, you are left with a strain that doesn't respond to the normal antibiotic regimen. It's pretty common for resistances to change over time. You might have been growing small amounts of the MRSA for years before it showed up on...
  5. C

    MRSA

    I would guess that, after treating your "regular" staph for years, you are left with a strain that doesn't respond to the normal antibiotic regimen. It's pretty common for resistances to change over time. You might have been growing small amounts of the MRSA for years before it showed up on...
  6. C

    MRSA

    I would guess that, after treating your "regular" staph for years, you are left with a strain that doesn't respond to the normal antibiotic regimen. It's pretty common for resistances to change over time. You might have been growing small amounts of the MRSA for years before it showed up on...
  7. C

    Locked up...

    Full seasons of TV shows on DVD. Check your library for free "rentals" if you are sick of your own. Also, I always bring a deck of cards. It gives me something to do when people visit (or with any bored RTs while I'm doing the vest). Also, solitaire takes much longer when you have to...
  8. C

    Locked up...

    Full seasons of TV shows on DVD. Check your library for free "rentals" if you are sick of your own. Also, I always bring a deck of cards. It gives me something to do when people visit (or with any bored RTs while I'm doing the vest). Also, solitaire takes much longer when you have to...
  9. C

    Locked up...

    Full seasons of TV shows on DVD. Check your library for free "rentals" if you are sick of your own. <br /> <br />Also, I always bring a deck of cards. It gives me something to do when people visit (or with any bored RTs while I'm doing the vest). Also, solitaire takes much longer when you...
  10. C

    Fatigue

    Coffee coffee coffee... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> More seriously, have they done an overnight O2 study on you? If your oxygen levels are dropping overnight no matter how much sleep you get, you will feel exausted because your body never gets to rest.
  11. C

    Fatigue

    Coffee coffee coffee... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> More seriously, have they done an overnight O2 study on you? If your oxygen levels are dropping overnight no matter how much sleep you get, you will feel exausted because your body never gets to rest.
  12. C

    Fatigue

    Coffee coffee coffee... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> <br /> <br />More seriously, have they done an overnight O2 study on you? If your oxygen levels are dropping overnight no matter how much sleep you get, you will feel exausted because your body never gets to...
  13. C

    Swollen, stiff, painful fingers/hands

    I used to get really bad arthritis symptoms. I would wake up with my hands locked into fists, my wrists would swell up so much that I couldn't put my fingers around them (and I've always been a skinny CFer), and my hips would hurt too badly to swing them up into bed. I guess it isn't so...
  14. C

    Swollen, stiff, painful fingers/hands

    I used to get really bad arthritis symptoms. I would wake up with my hands locked into fists, my wrists would swell up so much that I couldn't put my fingers around them (and I've always been a skinny CFer), and my hips would hurt too badly to swing them up into bed. I guess it isn't so...
  15. C

    Swollen, stiff, painful fingers/hands

    I used to get really bad arthritis symptoms. I would wake up with my hands locked into fists, my wrists would swell up so much that I couldn't put my fingers around them (and I've always been a skinny CFer), and my hips would hurt too badly to swing them up into bed. I guess it isn't so...
  16. C

    cold turned into severe bronchitis

    Wow I could have written this post...had somewhat of a cold and then got stuck inside when the heat wave struck. I've been upping my pulmozyme to 2x/day, and doing an extra vest and xopenex treatment after work (I normally do morning and night). My doc says I could use xopenex up to every 2...
  17. C

    cold turned into severe bronchitis

    Wow I could have written this post...had somewhat of a cold and then got stuck inside when the heat wave struck. I've been upping my pulmozyme to 2x/day, and doing an extra vest and xopenex treatment after work (I normally do morning and night). My doc says I could use xopenex up to every 2...
  18. C

    cold turned into severe bronchitis

    Wow I could have written this post...had somewhat of a cold and then got stuck inside when the heat wave struck. I've been upping my pulmozyme to 2x/day, and doing an extra vest and xopenex treatment after work (I normally do morning and night). My doc says I could use xopenex up to every 2...
  19. C

    Help!

    If this is a recurrent problem ask your doc to put you on Valtrex daily. It won't help you much now, but over time you should have fewer/shorter/less painful outbreaks.
  20. C

    Help!

    If this is a recurrent problem ask your doc to put you on Valtrex daily. It won't help you much now, but over time you should have fewer/shorter/less painful outbreaks.
Top