by Kate Eveling | Feb 21, 2017 | CF, Lifestyle
I’ve had a few interesting experiences with being at work and living with CF, so I thought I’d share some of them below. Some will undoubtedly make you shake your fists at the screen, because it sure has made me do just that by reliving it! I left school with...
by Kate Eveling | Feb 14, 2017 | CF, Lifestyle
Remember the good old days of school? The days of passing notes to each other in class, or trying to find the online games that weren’t blocked… The days of messing around but never getting told off because you were known as the quiet one… But alas, it was probably...
by Kate Eveling | Feb 7, 2017 | CF, Hospital
Have you ever thought that having IVS were like a SWAT team going into the veins to take out the bad guys (bugs)? For Example: Command: Listen up all teams, we have a hostile situation in the lungs and your mission is to eliminate them. Use all appropriate force of...
by Kate Eveling | Jan 31, 2017 | CF, Digestion
Have you ever been to the doctors and they ask to weigh you? So you walk to the scales and before you step on they ask you to remove your shoes. You start trying to unpick the double knot you tied earlier. You make small talk with the person waiting to weigh...
by Kate Eveling | Jan 24, 2017 | CF, Digestion, Lifestyle, Lungs
CF is a genetically inherited condition that affects the lungs and the digestive system. The gritty side of it is that I have a faulty gene which produces sticky mucus that clogs up the lungs and digestive system. I know it’s gross, but it is what it is. And...