I know someone with CF and would like some advice

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Hi all,
I don't want to intrude but I know someone with CF and we aren't close but I would like to be. I don't know her very well but would really like to get to know her better.

She wasn't married when I was and now that she is and we'd have more in common I have kids and she doesn't so there's that whole thing. Now that she's having a baby I thought we'd be able to run in the same circles (we have the same friends/aquaintances).

I don't want to offend her so I'd like to know if most people with CF get offended if you ask them questions about it. I don't want to be intrusive but I also don't want to ignore the subject because it seems to be a huge part of her life.
Any opinions?

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Hi all,
I don't want to intrude but I know someone with CF and we aren't close but I would like to be. I don't know her very well but would really like to get to know her better.

She wasn't married when I was and now that she is and we'd have more in common I have kids and she doesn't so there's that whole thing. Now that she's having a baby I thought we'd be able to run in the same circles (we have the same friends/aquaintances).

I don't want to offend her so I'd like to know if most people with CF get offended if you ask them questions about it. I don't want to be intrusive but I also don't want to ignore the subject because it seems to be a huge part of her life.
Any opinions?

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Hi all,
I don't want to intrude but I know someone with CF and we aren't close but I would like to be. I don't know her very well but would really like to get to know her better.

She wasn't married when I was and now that she is and we'd have more in common I have kids and she doesn't so there's that whole thing. Now that she's having a baby I thought we'd be able to run in the same circles (we have the same friends/aquaintances).

I don't want to offend her so I'd like to know if most people with CF get offended if you ask them questions about it. I don't want to be intrusive but I also don't want to ignore the subject because it seems to be a huge part of her life.
Any opinions?

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Hi all,
I don't want to intrude but I know someone with CF and we aren't close but I would like to be. I don't know her very well but would really like to get to know her better.

She wasn't married when I was and now that she is and we'd have more in common I have kids and she doesn't so there's that whole thing. Now that she's having a baby I thought we'd be able to run in the same circles (we have the same friends/aquaintances).

I don't want to offend her so I'd like to know if most people with CF get offended if you ask them questions about it. I don't want to be intrusive but I also don't want to ignore the subject because it seems to be a huge part of her life.
Any opinions?

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Hi all,
I don't want to intrude but I know someone with CF and we aren't close but I would like to be. I don't know her very well but would really like to get to know her better.

She wasn't married when I was and now that she is and we'd have more in common I have kids and she doesn't so there's that whole thing. Now that she's having a baby I thought we'd be able to run in the same circles (we have the same friends/aquaintances).

I don't want to offend her so I'd like to know if most people with CF get offended if you ask them questions about it. I don't want to be intrusive but I also don't want to ignore the subject because it seems to be a huge part of her life.
Any opinions?

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Hi all,
I don't want to intrude but I know someone with CF and we aren't close but I would like to be. I don't know her very well but would really like to get to know her better.

She wasn't married when I was and now that she is and we'd have more in common I have kids and she doesn't so there's that whole thing. Now that she's having a baby I thought we'd be able to run in the same circles (we have the same friends/aquaintances).

I don't want to offend her so I'd like to know if most people with CF get offended if you ask them questions about it. I don't want to be intrusive but I also don't want to ignore the subject because it seems to be a huge part of her life.
Any opinions?

 

[NoExcuses]

Welcome.

Some people are sensitive/private about their CF. Others, such as myself, jump at the chance to educate others about the disease in hopes to spread awareness.

I think unfortunately you are going to have to ask those who know her how she acts about her CF. It really varies quite dramatically....

 

[NoExcuses]

Welcome.

Some people are sensitive/private about their CF. Others, such as myself, jump at the chance to educate others about the disease in hopes to spread awareness.

I think unfortunately you are going to have to ask those who know her how she acts about her CF. It really varies quite dramatically....

 

[NoExcuses]

Welcome.

Some people are sensitive/private about their CF. Others, such as myself, jump at the chance to educate others about the disease in hopes to spread awareness.

I think unfortunately you are going to have to ask those who know her how she acts about her CF. It really varies quite dramatically....

 

[NoExcuses]

Welcome.

Some people are sensitive/private about their CF. Others, such as myself, jump at the chance to educate others about the disease in hopes to spread awareness.

I think unfortunately you are going to have to ask those who know her how she acts about her CF. It really varies quite dramatically....

 

[NoExcuses]

Welcome.

Some people are sensitive/private about their CF. Others, such as myself, jump at the chance to educate others about the disease in hopes to spread awareness.

I think unfortunately you are going to have to ask those who know her how she acts about her CF. It really varies quite dramatically....

 

[NoExcuses]

Welcome.

Some people are sensitive/private about their CF. Others, such as myself, jump at the chance to educate others about the disease in hopes to spread awareness.

I think unfortunately you are going to have to ask those who know her how she acts about her CF. It really varies quite dramatically....

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Thanks.

Good idea. Not sure why I never thought of that since I'm close with them. It has come up after she's been sick and all, but not sure if she felt comfortable about discussing it.

Appreciate your reply since I see that a few people viewed my question but didn't answer. Hope no one feels like I was intruding... or maybe they thought your answer was perfect!

Again... Thanks! And good health to all of you.

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Thanks.

Good idea. Not sure why I never thought of that since I'm close with them. It has come up after she's been sick and all, but not sure if she felt comfortable about discussing it.

Appreciate your reply since I see that a few people viewed my question but didn't answer. Hope no one feels like I was intruding... or maybe they thought your answer was perfect!

Again... Thanks! And good health to all of you.

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Thanks.

Good idea. Not sure why I never thought of that since I'm close with them. It has come up after she's been sick and all, but not sure if she felt comfortable about discussing it.

Appreciate your reply since I see that a few people viewed my question but didn't answer. Hope no one feels like I was intruding... or maybe they thought your answer was perfect!

Again... Thanks! And good health to all of you.

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Thanks.

Good idea. Not sure why I never thought of that since I'm close with them. It has come up after she's been sick and all, but not sure if she felt comfortable about discussing it.

Appreciate your reply since I see that a few people viewed my question but didn't answer. Hope no one feels like I was intruding... or maybe they thought your answer was perfect!

Again... Thanks! And good health to all of you.

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Thanks.

Good idea. Not sure why I never thought of that since I'm close with them. It has come up after she's been sick and all, but not sure if she felt comfortable about discussing it.

Appreciate your reply since I see that a few people viewed my question but didn't answer. Hope no one feels like I was intruding... or maybe they thought your answer was perfect!

Again... Thanks! And good health to all of you.

 

[IKnowSomeoneWithCF]

Thanks.

Good idea. Not sure why I never thought of that since I'm close with them. It has come up after she's been sick and all, but not sure if she felt comfortable about discussing it.

Appreciate your reply since I see that a few people viewed my question but didn't answer. Hope no one feels like I was intruding... or maybe they thought your answer was perfect!

Again... Thanks! And good health to all of you.

 

[blondelawyer]

Welcome to the site! This is a great place to learn about CF.

I agree with Amy...people deal with CF very differently. For example, unlike Amy, my husband is very private about CF, so he doesn't talk about it with other people much and very few people even know that he has CF. So, there is a wide range of how people deal with it.

Personally, I would just approach it like you would with anybody else that you want to get to know. If she wants to talk about it, she will bring it up.

 

[blondelawyer]

Welcome to the site! This is a great place to learn about CF.

I agree with Amy...people deal with CF very differently. For example, unlike Amy, my husband is very private about CF, so he doesn't talk about it with other people much and very few people even know that he has CF. So, there is a wide range of how people deal with it.

Personally, I would just approach it like you would with anybody else that you want to get to know. If she wants to talk about it, she will bring it up.