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That was out of line, Kaitsmom. For one thing, you assume I share that view of life now--I don't. (I did once, and when I did, I was perfectly justified in holding it, too.) There's nothing "negative" about acknowledging that for some people, life simply isn't worth living, and for reasons above...

<blockquote>Quote <hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Anonymous</b></i> So is your answer "Yes, something happened and/or I've had a negitive experience regarding God and/or religion and I made a decision that I just don't believe" Or "No, nothing whatsoever has ever happened and you're way off base...

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Anonymous</b></i><br>There is only one way I can see to live with cf...<hr></blockquote> You'd actually be surprised how well people can manage--even in much worse situations--with no gods at all. As I wrote in the same topic started in the...

I dunno. At that age, I would probably have preferred bluntness to overprotective, undeservedly optimistic there'll-be-a-cure bullshit or other denial (not accusing anyone here of that; doctors and parents can suck on that front, though).

I believe it was something like half of patients living 5 years post-transplant; if you have complications like B. cepacia, it can drop to a 1/3 chance of living three years. And I'm only sure on the second statistic, as I haven't looked them up in ages.

Newer medicine? I guess, compared to, say, Penicillin, but I remember being treated with it in the 1980s. I've been given Ceftazidime (that's Fortaz and other brand names) lots, but mostly before I acquired the cepacia. I got it recently, and it didn't do a damn.

Oddly enough, I get bloody noses whenever I'm on Vitamin K supplements (and you're supposed to have the exact opposite effect--they prescribe it to *improve* clotting). Perhaps you could ask about adding (or subtracting) it and seeing what happens?

Chronic rejection can also slowly destroy them, lowering lung function and eventually putting you back on oxygen. So don't believe the hype; transplant is not a cure-all. It's just the risky-as-hell, problem-laden, last-resort treatment that, if successful, could make you feel healthy (in...

At the same time, let's not downplay just how serious it is, or brush it off with "could have" analogies that don't really relate. What was that statistic --about 60% of CF-ers die before their 18th birthday, despite the "average" lifespan technically being in the 30s? That doesn't happen with...

Children are an entirely different thing than spouses, though. They can't consent to existence before they actually exist, so you have a lot more thorny ethical issues involved in bringing them into the world, than you do when a grown adult, someone who can make their own decisions, wants to be...

That last post was mine, by the way. I forgot to login. Again, wish you all the best.

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Anonymous</b></i><br>Ace, Obviously you do harbor some as you put it "unwarranted assumptions" about Christians and their peace.<hr></blockquote> In which case, I'll appreciate your pointing them out (as I've reevaluated several that I've...

Yeah, I don't advise getting a chest port if you can get an arm one, instead. I've had both, and remain much more satisfied with the arm version. It's so much smaller, less obstrusive, and doesn't make me feel weird when lying down/Vesting! PICC lines suck. They never could get one in...

Wow. Very impressive, and that sounds like it was a ton of fun. Any additional marathon plans yet? :-)

Nonnie, Why would you think that? Perhaps you harbor some unwarranted assumptions about non-believers, one you might want to reexamine. For the record, I consider myself a humanist, romantic, idealist, poet, writer and comedian. To answer a latter query, I'm also quite comfortable in my...

Your post scares me, Marie. If what you said <i>was</i> true, God would be the equivalent of a spouse who broke people's spirits by putting them through Hell, just so they'd feel defeated, lonely and dependent enough to stay with him. While I'm glad AA worked for you, you probably underrate...

I actually kinda like it when it's high-quality tobacco. But tons of people smoke the WORST-tasting crap imaginable. I sometimes wonder how they've managed to kill off their gag reflex so completely. Unless I'm really up close, or in an enclosed space with them, I'm not bothered by it though.

You don't need to be "God-hating" to realize how asinine such statements are, though. And the only way anyone can claim "no one gets more than they can handle" is by, you guessed it, ignoring every single case where people <i>did</i> get too much to handle. Like the "no <i>true</i> scotsman puts...

<blockquote>Quote<br><hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Emily65Roses</b></i><br>What makes me keep going. That's a tough one, because it's not going to be the same for everyone else. One big thing that keeps me going when I feel most like just lying in bed and saying "SCREW IT!!" is my boyfriend...

Merrem sometimes gave me fevers, too. Low ones, though, usually not going higher than 99.5 (F). I don't think it's necessarily indicative of an allergy, and this time around, it doesn't seem to be causing any problems. Ask your doc about the allergy thing, as they can do an annoying skin-prick...