well i am 25/f/cf and in all my 25 years on earth have never had the pleasure of meeting or even talking to anyone else with cf. when i found this website i was very happy because i also suffer from agoraphobia (fear of leaving the house) so the only time i leave the house is for dr appts. last year i was hospitalized for the first time ever with a collapsed lung and was there for a month. i found out then that i didn't have as many "friends" as i thought i had. my dr. also told me that i need to get on the lung transplant list. so, just to recap, since august of 2005: i had to quit my job, found out i had no real friends, had to come to the realization that i couldn't avoid a lung transplant, and become agoraphobic. so, i found this website and thought having a blog would be a good way to vent (since i have no one at all to talk to) and maybe finally meet some people who would understand me and, dare i say, make some friends! well, i would have never tried to join the clique if i thought my having a blog would upset some people. thanks for making me feel so welcome. oh, by the way, this is my first post because i've been reading some blogs trying to see what other people go through--i have a lot of bad days and didn't want to be a dark cloud to everyone else. thats also why my blog is still empty.
Melanie
p.s. i've been enjoying the pictures of everyone and their families! you're all beautiful!