question for the women

[Cariann2005Rob]

SO this is kinda an embarrasing question... I am 22 going on 23, have had cfrd since i was 12 maybe adn i never took care of myself. So, i have really never gone through puberty really... i mean i grow hair and stuff but with my boobs.. umm nadda. my nipples have not changed nothing.. i am flat as can be young girl.. i am not one that is jsut not big i really have not gotten any breast tissue or anything. is this due to my cfrd and not taking care of myself.. i also have very very irregular periods. i was jsut wondering if anyone has any suggestions about this... thanks in advance

 

[Cariann2005Rob]

SO this is kinda an embarrasing question... I am 22 going on 23, have had cfrd since i was 12 maybe adn i never took care of myself. So, i have really never gone through puberty really... i mean i grow hair and stuff but with my boobs.. umm nadda. my nipples have not changed nothing.. i am flat as can be young girl.. i am not one that is jsut not big i really have not gotten any breast tissue or anything. is this due to my cfrd and not taking care of myself.. i also have very very irregular periods. i was jsut wondering if anyone has any suggestions about this... thanks in advance

 

[Cariann2005Rob]

SO this is kinda an embarrasing question... I am 22 going on 23, have had cfrd since i was 12 maybe adn i never took care of myself. So, i have really never gone through puberty really... i mean i grow hair and stuff but with my boobs.. umm nadda. my nipples have not changed nothing.. i am flat as can be young girl.. i am not one that is jsut not big i really have not gotten any breast tissue or anything. is this due to my cfrd and not taking care of myself.. i also have very very irregular periods. i was jsut wondering if anyone has any suggestions about this... thanks in advance

 

[Cariann2005Rob]

SO this is kinda an embarrasing question... I am 22 going on 23, have had cfrd since i was 12 maybe adn i never took care of myself. So, i have really never gone through puberty really... i mean i grow hair and stuff but with my boobs.. umm nadda. my nipples have not changed nothing.. i am flat as can be young girl.. i am not one that is jsut not big i really have not gotten any breast tissue or anything. is this due to my cfrd and not taking care of myself.. i also have very very irregular periods. i was jsut wondering if anyone has any suggestions about this... thanks in advance

 

[Cariann2005Rob]

SO this is kinda an embarrasing question... I am 22 going on 23, have had cfrd since i was 12 maybe adn i never took care of myself. So, i have really never gone through puberty really... i mean i grow hair and stuff but with my boobs.. umm nadda. my nipples have not changed nothing.. i am flat as can be young girl.. i am not one that is jsut not big i really have not gotten any breast tissue or anything. is this due to my cfrd and not taking care of myself.. i also have very very irregular periods. i was jsut wondering if anyone has any suggestions about this... thanks in advance

 

[welshwitch]

Hey Cariann,

not sure whether or not CFRD has to do w/ your "flatness"....but how is your weight situation ? what kind of enzymes are you on? i only ask because a lack of nutrition can lead to delayed puberty. Some people w/ CF aren't taking the right dosage and therefore aren't getting the right nutrition. If you're underweight that could contribute to the boob thing, like adding some extra pounds could help in the departments??? Also I've heard that lung function has a direct relation to nutrition...how are your PFTs?

I do, however, have completely irregular periods....but I'm on the Pill. Before that,they were pretty normal. Now I hardly EVER get my period!!! I always attributed this to my CF-ness....as if the pill + CF made me too dehydrated or something to get one.

 

[welshwitch]

Hey Cariann,

not sure whether or not CFRD has to do w/ your "flatness"....but how is your weight situation ? what kind of enzymes are you on? i only ask because a lack of nutrition can lead to delayed puberty. Some people w/ CF aren't taking the right dosage and therefore aren't getting the right nutrition. If you're underweight that could contribute to the boob thing, like adding some extra pounds could help in the departments??? Also I've heard that lung function has a direct relation to nutrition...how are your PFTs?

I do, however, have completely irregular periods....but I'm on the Pill. Before that,they were pretty normal. Now I hardly EVER get my period!!! I always attributed this to my CF-ness....as if the pill + CF made me too dehydrated or something to get one.

 

[welshwitch]

Hey Cariann,

not sure whether or not CFRD has to do w/ your "flatness"....but how is your weight situation ? what kind of enzymes are you on? i only ask because a lack of nutrition can lead to delayed puberty. Some people w/ CF aren't taking the right dosage and therefore aren't getting the right nutrition. If you're underweight that could contribute to the boob thing, like adding some extra pounds could help in the departments??? Also I've heard that lung function has a direct relation to nutrition...how are your PFTs?

I do, however, have completely irregular periods....but I'm on the Pill. Before that,they were pretty normal. Now I hardly EVER get my period!!! I always attributed this to my CF-ness....as if the pill + CF made me too dehydrated or something to get one.

 

[welshwitch]

Hey Cariann,

not sure whether or not CFRD has to do w/ your "flatness"....but how is your weight situation ? what kind of enzymes are you on? i only ask because a lack of nutrition can lead to delayed puberty. Some people w/ CF aren't taking the right dosage and therefore aren't getting the right nutrition. If you're underweight that could contribute to the boob thing, like adding some extra pounds could help in the departments??? Also I've heard that lung function has a direct relation to nutrition...how are your PFTs?

I do, however, have completely irregular periods....but I'm on the Pill. Before that,they were pretty normal. Now I hardly EVER get my period!!! I always attributed this to my CF-ness....as if the pill + CF made me too dehydrated or something to get one.

 

[welshwitch]

Hey Cariann,

not sure whether or not CFRD has to do w/ your "flatness"....but how is your weight situation ? what kind of enzymes are you on? i only ask because a lack of nutrition can lead to delayed puberty. Some people w/ CF aren't taking the right dosage and therefore aren't getting the right nutrition. If you're underweight that could contribute to the boob thing, like adding some extra pounds could help in the departments??? Also I've heard that lung function has a direct relation to nutrition...how are your PFTs?

I do, however, have completely irregular periods....but I'm on the Pill. Before that,they were pretty normal. Now I hardly EVER get my period!!! I always attributed this to my CF-ness....as if the pill + CF made me too dehydrated or something to get one.

 

[LeneSouthAfrica]

Hi!
My bet is that you are too underweight for your body to go through puberty. If you don't treat your diabetes by using insulin, your body cannot absorb the sugars from the food you eat, so it gets washed away in your urine and you don't gain weight. Since you have had cfrd since you were 12 it could have caused you to not develop normally. Using insulin regularly will most definitely help you gain weight, and you may find you will start developing. As will using enzymes with your food, if you need to. In all the cf'ers that i have seen that seem to have delayed puberty, all of them have been really small and underweight. (What does your doctor say?)
You don't mention if you have been taking any other medicines long-term that could be linked to this, or what you health in general is like other than that you have not been taking care of yourself, so my only suggestion is that it is not too late to start taking care now. All the best!

 

[LeneSouthAfrica]

Hi!
My bet is that you are too underweight for your body to go through puberty. If you don't treat your diabetes by using insulin, your body cannot absorb the sugars from the food you eat, so it gets washed away in your urine and you don't gain weight. Since you have had cfrd since you were 12 it could have caused you to not develop normally. Using insulin regularly will most definitely help you gain weight, and you may find you will start developing. As will using enzymes with your food, if you need to. In all the cf'ers that i have seen that seem to have delayed puberty, all of them have been really small and underweight. (What does your doctor say?)
You don't mention if you have been taking any other medicines long-term that could be linked to this, or what you health in general is like other than that you have not been taking care of yourself, so my only suggestion is that it is not too late to start taking care now. All the best!

 

[LeneSouthAfrica]

Hi!
My bet is that you are too underweight for your body to go through puberty. If you don't treat your diabetes by using insulin, your body cannot absorb the sugars from the food you eat, so it gets washed away in your urine and you don't gain weight. Since you have had cfrd since you were 12 it could have caused you to not develop normally. Using insulin regularly will most definitely help you gain weight, and you may find you will start developing. As will using enzymes with your food, if you need to. In all the cf'ers that i have seen that seem to have delayed puberty, all of them have been really small and underweight. (What does your doctor say?)
You don't mention if you have been taking any other medicines long-term that could be linked to this, or what you health in general is like other than that you have not been taking care of yourself, so my only suggestion is that it is not too late to start taking care now. All the best!

 

[LeneSouthAfrica]

Hi!
My bet is that you are too underweight for your body to go through puberty. If you don't treat your diabetes by using insulin, your body cannot absorb the sugars from the food you eat, so it gets washed away in your urine and you don't gain weight. Since you have had cfrd since you were 12 it could have caused you to not develop normally. Using insulin regularly will most definitely help you gain weight, and you may find you will start developing. As will using enzymes with your food, if you need to. In all the cf'ers that i have seen that seem to have delayed puberty, all of them have been really small and underweight. (What does your doctor say?)
You don't mention if you have been taking any other medicines long-term that could be linked to this, or what you health in general is like other than that you have not been taking care of yourself, so my only suggestion is that it is not too late to start taking care now. All the best!

 

[LeneSouthAfrica]

Hi!
My bet is that you are too underweight for your body to go through puberty. If you don't treat your diabetes by using insulin, your body cannot absorb the sugars from the food you eat, so it gets washed away in your urine and you don't gain weight. Since you have had cfrd since you were 12 it could have caused you to not develop normally. Using insulin regularly will most definitely help you gain weight, and you may find you will start developing. As will using enzymes with your food, if you need to. In all the cf'ers that i have seen that seem to have delayed puberty, all of them have been really small and underweight. (What does your doctor say?)
You don't mention if you have been taking any other medicines long-term that could be linked to this, or what you health in general is like other than that you have not been taking care of yourself, so my only suggestion is that it is not too late to start taking care now. All the best!

 

[bittyhorse23]

My guess is lack of nutitrion. How is your weight? If you are really skinny then I would try upping your enzymes and see if that helps. You won't see immediate changes in the boob dept but in the weight it should start pretty fast (a few days - a week).

For me I went through puberty at 14 but never grew boobs...till this day I am flat too. My WHOLE family has huge chests and I got nadda (Victroia's Secret has become my BEST friend LOL). But for me it is nutrition and now it is probably too late for me considering I am the heaviest I have ever been but also the flatest LOL!!!

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[bittyhorse23]

My guess is lack of nutitrion. How is your weight? If you are really skinny then I would try upping your enzymes and see if that helps. You won't see immediate changes in the boob dept but in the weight it should start pretty fast (a few days - a week).

For me I went through puberty at 14 but never grew boobs...till this day I am flat too. My WHOLE family has huge chests and I got nadda (Victroia's Secret has become my BEST friend LOL). But for me it is nutrition and now it is probably too late for me considering I am the heaviest I have ever been but also the flatest LOL!!!

<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">

 

[bittyhorse23]

My guess is lack of nutitrion. How is your weight? If you are really skinny then I would try upping your enzymes and see if that helps. You won't see immediate changes in the boob dept but in the weight it should start pretty fast (a few days - a week).

For me I went through puberty at 14 but never grew boobs...till this day I am flat too. My WHOLE family has huge chests and I got nadda (Victroia's Secret has become my BEST friend LOL). But for me it is nutrition and now it is probably too late for me considering I am the heaviest I have ever been but also the flatest LOL!!!

<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">

 

[bittyhorse23]

My guess is lack of nutitrion. How is your weight? If you are really skinny then I would try upping your enzymes and see if that helps. You won't see immediate changes in the boob dept but in the weight it should start pretty fast (a few days - a week).

For me I went through puberty at 14 but never grew boobs...till this day I am flat too. My WHOLE family has huge chests and I got nadda (Victroia's Secret has become my BEST friend LOL). But for me it is nutrition and now it is probably too late for me considering I am the heaviest I have ever been but also the flatest LOL!!!

<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">

 

[bittyhorse23]

My guess is lack of nutitrion. How is your weight? If you are really skinny then I would try upping your enzymes and see if that helps. You won't see immediate changes in the boob dept but in the weight it should start pretty fast (a few days - a week).

For me I went through puberty at 14 but never grew boobs...till this day I am flat too. My WHOLE family has huge chests and I got nadda (Victroia's Secret has become my BEST friend LOL). But for me it is nutrition and now it is probably too late for me considering I am the heaviest I have ever been but also the flatest LOL!!!

<img src="i/expressions/heart.gif" border="0">