In 2008, Brandon Rees underwent lung transplantation because his lungs had deteriorated to the point that he need a healthy pair to survive.
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Learn how Rachel Kinney manages her CF while away at college.
My exercise routine has gone through quite an evolution from college to motherhood and life on the transplant list.
Learn how one college junior went from struggling with CF at school to managing it with flying colors.
The only thing that is certain in my life is the uncertainty of my teenage daughter's next hospital stay. Despite this, she has somehow managed to supervise her own academic life from a hospital room.
Looking back at my freshman year, I realize that putting college before my CF wasn't the first thing I had all wrong.
I resisted being listed for a lung transplant; but now, almost six years later I’m thankful — especially to my donor — for my new life.
A sudden health setback turned my eventual lung transplant into an immediate one. Although the transplant didn’t go exactly to plan, my preparation helped the process go more smoothly.
In my experience, the best way to support a loved one with cystic fibrosis is to listen closely and remember the details of his or her most common treatments and complaints.
A life with cystic fibrosis taught me how to be sick. After a lung transplant, I had to learn how to be well.