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My friend has it...she's had it forever and i found out three years ago...when she was in the hostpital, i never really thought about it as real life thretening desese...until now. I never really wanted to think about it as a desease...let alone life thretaning...but now i do...and it's scary
but she carries herself so well...she's got more friends than i do, she dates many guys, she's very social, she acts like there's no such thing as CF. I'm kinda the one crying over it...and i don't have CF.
She just got out of the hosptial(she has to stay there about twice a year, i'm friends with all her nurses...they favor her and bring her things...she knows them all too well) and i've been doing reasurch...
How Long do Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Live?Some patients die
early in childhood; others survive to their 40s or 50s. Most patients develop increasing problems as they get older. Patients with cystic fibrosis dying today average 31 years of age, but patients with cystic fibrosis born today can expect to live longer as treatment improves.
So i really don't know what to do...all of it really hit me today...I just started crying...
Does any one else know some one who has cystic fibrosis?
Me and my friend were talking about her having CF and she wants to make a list of things to do before she dies...
She is about 12 and I kno that is a little while away from...i dunno 30's-50's but i just...worry about her...i'm a better mother than her mother...i really am, and my mom acts as hers to...
I'm sorry this topic is kinda pointless to post here but i really just...i just i dunno...i thought i'd share....