Keeping Clean With CF

Keeping Clean With CF

Germs.  They are all around us and impossible to totally eliminate.  Now we all know it’s important to keep clean and on top of the housework but perhaps more so for us CFers. Why’s that, you ask? Well because the CF lungs produce sticky mucus, it provides...
Day In The Life: Clinic Appointment

Day In The Life: Clinic Appointment

I was going to make a video on this when I went to clinic last week, but the hospital I go to are quite strict even with just filming myself in my own room!  Obviously I wasn’t going to film outside in the waiting rooms or corridors, but even so I was told I had to...
2017: The Review

2017: The Review

Well what a year 2017 has been! It’s had it’s highs and lows just like every year, but somehow 2017 has been one of the best by far, and here’s why… This year I decided to set up this blog about CF and it’s been an incredible journey.  I...
After Two Weeks Of IVs

After Two Weeks Of IVs

For the last two weeks I’ve been on IVs, and yesterday I finally finished. It’s strange when you’re on them because time travels so slowly but so quickly at the same time. I certainly won’t miss them nor will I miss wrapping my arm in cling film for showers! I don’t...
A Pre Holiday Excerpt

A Pre Holiday Excerpt

Three days after a good hospital checkup and four days before flying out to Menorca, I woke up with a sore throat. It was the beginnings of a cold, I could tell. As the day progressed, my head felt stuffy and full of cotton wool, my eyes were beginning to stream,...
Cross Infection

Cross Infection

WARNING!!  This is a very ‘information heavy’ post!  When I began researching cross infection, I really went into depth.  So if it gets a bit much then feel free to check out one of my other posts like ‘Life at Work’ or ‘Surviving...