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Well I live in onnecticut, but could you use me via online? I'd be happy to help you out with an interview if you can do it online, or on the phone or something. Let me know. You can post back here or IM or email me. IM= AbsintheSorrow Email= AbsintheSorrow@yahoo.com

I was not talking out of line. And maturity or not, it's his body, not yours. Need I say again, that he could always find out online, or through some trash-talking child, instead of his own mother? I think it's pretty easy to see which of these is a better way to do it. And you asked whether or...

Yes whenever that SARS crap was going around, I actually got into a confrontation with a stranger once at my gym. I was working out and coughing my head off, as per usual, and this guy on a treadmill in front of me turns around to tell me to see a specialist. I told him I see one every few...

Ahhh yes. Cipro is one of my most hated meds. I have to make sure I'm not in class, or not working for the entire two weeks I'm on it because the GI problems are bad enough without the Cipro... just from the CF. But yes, when I go on Cipro I have some serious diarrhea the entire time I take the...

Just to clarify, Heather I wasn't calling you a paranoid parent. I was using the term fairly generally. And in response to Carey's question why you took her out of swimming lessons. I really don't want to come off as rude or inappropriate, but I positively hate when parents avoid letting their...

I'm not sure I want to tell you this, but you'll find out from someone... swimming pools have been known to more paranoid parents to be a huge breeding ground for pseudomonas. And I'm sure this is true, but as I've said thousands of times.... Pseudomonas is everywhere. So if the kid wants to...

I don't think she was trying to belittle you. You have to understand (and I'm speaking from my own POV, assuming it's similar to Candice's) that the idea of hiding ANY PIECE of the CF from the victim him/herself is appalling to us. Reproductive issues or not, he should've known before now...

I exercise a lot more when I'm at school because then I have access to a gym that's "free." And by free I mean it's in the tuition haha. But at school I exercise a few times a week, depending on my health and how it's doing. During the summer, I don't much get exercise except for regular...

Tx = transplant

If hiw bowel movements have gotten harder to pass as of the change in Creon, that is, the up in dosage... I would take a guess that it's too much. But don't just take him off of it. Call your doctor and ask, but that's probably the problem. He may tell you to go down to a happy medium, like 1/2...

I agree with the last poster. She needs to build up an immune system to colds and regular stuff. In the end, it'll be better for her.

Can I ask why your doctor suggested putting off preschool for another year??

I agree Mark. And when I can't get it done for me because I'm at school living by myself, I usually go to the gym and use an elliptical machine and it gets the job done.

Trust me on this one when I tell you to FILL HIM IN NOW!!!! Right this minute. If the kid finds out from someone other than you, he's going to be pissed. At this point, at 13, he'll probably be pissed anyway that you didn't already tell him, but I would STRONGLY advise you to tell him right now...

It changes person to person, but that's not too much and it sounds about right. I go on IV antibiotics roughly twice a year. Usually on my Christmas break from school and again once I get out for the summer. Benefits are pretty big. If I'm growing infections and don't find drugs that work, I...

I cultured MRSA when I was 16, and though I haven't had any symptom problems with it since then, whenever I am hospitalized they put me in a contact room because of it. I culture staph a lot, and pseudomonas almost all the time now, because I have 3 or 4 different strains.

Just to clarify, I never said don't take small steps. Small steps are fine. I just would advise against going too far, because many parents do and then when the kids grow up, they're far more likely to turn around and start rebellious junk. A happy medium is fine, but don't expect to keep...

I had bad reactions to inhaled Tobi. I don't take it anymore because whenever I did, I would start coughing because of the treatment... and then the stuff did not sit well, so often I would throw up or gag repeatedly. I do, however, do fine with the IV Tobi. Cipro doesn't usually work for me...

Flutter made me wheeze too. I hated that thing. But it changes person to person.

I lied. I'm going to reply. Haha. I might also point out, that I'm aware I'm not giving advice as a parent. I can't have my own kids, and as far as I know, there aren't any growing in my kneecap. But as far as raising a CF child, and not regular childcare junk, I honestly think I'll give you...