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Go for it, its done wonders for my upper back, granted its still a mess, but a much better one then it was.

I've been stock piling meds for years now figure at this point in time other then my puffers(just can't get extra on those) I've got enough to last me 3 months or so, granted the nebulized(sp?) stuff is an issue and I'm off/on antibiotics so often now trying to stalk anything past 3 months is...

I go to the UW clinic so I've had the study pitch run by me. They where delivering the gallium over a 5 day IV drip.

Check with the legal aid that CFqueen mentioned above, you might also want to consider doing the marriage thing but falling just short of signing the papers for the state. This may or may not be useful/appropriate for your beliefs. You may or may not run into issues of common law marriage as...

I know for me other then home/hospitals I with out thinking about it suppress my cough once I step out the door. for me its a comfort thing with those I'm around.

My parents always gave me encouragement when coughing, "good job cough it up". He is bound to cough at some point. To this end I would attempt getting him as active and wound up as possible force him to really use what he has. If he has anything in there, its bound to come lose with heavy...

classic abdominal board/situp board along with a mechanical "thumper", is what I used as a kid. Or should say had used as a kid on me.

Big thing is keep your self in good shape, and as is with the new meds in the pipe lines if your in decent shape when they hit you shouldn't need a transplant. Well at least that's my hope.

Keep in mind here we are dealing with the legal stand point that untill 18 you are your parents responsibility, as such they make choices for you. But at what point does the wishes of the young adult need to be considered I think is the ethical question raised. This also gets heavenly into the...

I get tone's off and on and have for a few years, commonly if I plug my ear and get the presure of my inner ear to change I can get it to quit, some times it just takes covering my ear for a bit to muffle sounds getting into it.

Only time I've been on Meropenem, I started shaking violently after 3-5 days.

I would still look into the SSI subject, they commonly won't cut the medical completely unless your pulling in a-lot of money.

Booster ever 10 and yeah not something us CFers want to get.

Depends on the hospital but frankly I think it otta be mandatory while your there, I do so much better with chest percussion vs other forms of RT.

Don't know what I can tell you to help but I've had issues with this exact problem in the past after I had fractured a rib coughing. I've got a spot now in my lower right that I can't touch/do a vest cause my pain level jumps. Best of luck hope you figure something out, he may be able to...

I had a G-tube at 12 or so and kept it for about 6 years. At time I was in the hospital for a week. It may have changed some sense then (this was like 20 years ago..) but at the time It was a rather large incision centered just above the belly button (I think in my case they went in though old...

I've used the way the skin on the back of my hand tastes to get an idea of if I'm wanting/needing salt. That and I get random cravings for foods with lost of salt. Kinda one of those if it tastes good, you likely need it. Just remember to get enough water as well!

personally I always try to get away from the general public's prying eyes. I have a few friends that I take it to the bathroom or away from them cause it bugs them. But I also always have a productive caught just a matter of is it high enough volume to spit or not.

Well being stuck in a hospital will drive anybody nuts, if you got a lap top that would be my go to for entertainment, as for once home Getting out a little on a daily basis, get in touch with friends. If your dealing with pic/mid lines then yeah its a little more frustrating or was for me. Got...

Could be, keep in mind IV antibiotics are well known to mess up your teeth, I've got one that lost all its fillings two antibiotic usages ago and haven't had the money to repair it.