When I was 13, my family went from having two seemingly normal kids to two CF patients in a manner of a few short months -- and boy, did it change everything. Because of my late diagnosis, I faced a unique set of challenges that helped make me the strong person I am today.
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After my transplant team said I was too sick to undergo a double-lung transplant, I was determined to get well enough so that I could.
There are many people in the cystic fibrosis community whom I believe possess hero-like qualities that I admire and who inspire me in my everyday life. I feel so fortunate for having crossed paths with them, and I very much look forward to meeting many more in this journey that I call life.
At a CF care center visit, I realized that I needed to step back so my daughter could step forward.
Exercise has been an important part of my life all my life. Here are some tips I have developed along the way.
Mary Duggan Lee Watson, a longtime coach, doesn't mind taking on adversity. When her granddaughter was diagnosed with CF, she decided to fight the disease doing what she loved: sports.
With a record 45 clinical trials either ongoing or starting up in 2016, research coordinators and principal investigators throughout the Therapeutics Development Network took time out in San Antonio recently to discuss clinical research and put attendees through boot camp.
Time after time, cystic fibrosis has shown me that what I thought was important could change with changing circumstances.
With the opportunity to broaden our scope, we are opening up everything we do to people living with CF -- and we want to hear from you.
As a real estate broker, I was already familiar with the first-time home buying process when my husband and I began our own house search. But little did I know that my CF would make me my toughest client yet.