by Kate Eveling | Jul 23, 2017 | CF, Useful Tips
For both CFers and Non-CFers If anyone knows me, they will know I love camping. Growing up we used to go camping as a family and it was so much fun working as a team to put our massive tent up! Although not so much when it was windy and rainy…but I’d let...
by Kate Eveling | Jul 9, 2017 | CF
I had to sit down and write this. My heart is exploding… Yesterday the music festival called ‘MK17 Music In The Park’ was put on in our village. And it’s all in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. At the beginning of this year I finally started to come to terms with...
by Kate Eveling | Jun 19, 2017 | CF
How was it discovered? In my mind, Cystic Fibrosis has been going on for 40, maybe 50 years tops. But doing the research into it is rather interesting. CF was apparently mentioned in European folklore in the Middle Ages… for anyone who doesn’t know how long ago that...
by Kate Eveling | Apr 26, 2017 | CF, Hospital
It’s a big step, going from one to the other. But for me it wasn’t the smooth transition I’d hoped for. We had an appointment at the CF Adult clinic, I presumed just to get a taster of how things happened and worked. I presumed I would go back to my paediatric team at...
by Kate Eveling | Apr 3, 2017 | CF, Hospital
I was nine. It was December 2003, and I had fallen ill with a cold. When nothing improved, I was taken to the doctors just before Christmas and they gave me some medication. But unfortunately it didn’t work. I distinctly remember being at my Aunty Cath’s house for...
by Kate Eveling | Mar 24, 2017 | CF, Digestion
So we already know the pancreas is a bit dodgy in most CFers. But over the years, I’ve developed something called Hypoglycaemia. There are two types of hypos you can get, the first is from Diabetes where I believe some medication can lower the blood sugar below...
