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100 Followers! by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis My blog has hit a milestone, it has 100 followers! Thanks to everyone that reads it and I hope you find it interesting/useful/insightful. It means a lot that people follow m ... Read on »

CF Week by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Today it is CF Week so I have been doing my best to try educate people about CF by posting blog posts on facebook everyday. A fair few people have looked at them (I can look ... Read on »

Still Here! by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Boo! Don't worry I am still alive! I ended up going on my IVs and I am on day 7 today. I am on Mero and Tob and the nurse came to see me today to do the usual shenanigans ... Read on »

Aftermath of a Busy Weekend by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Last week I thought I was starting with a cold/virusy thing, it didn't help that I drank out of my friends cup by mistake who had a cold, talk about being stupid! I went a l ... Read on »

Donating Blood by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Pete gave blood last week, I'm very proud of him! The needle they use is about the size of a venflon so quite big but the nurse got in easily after cleaning his arm for lik ... Read on »

Tablet Container/Sorter by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis When I was in hospital the pharmacist gave me a container/sorter to sort and keep my tablets in for a the upcoming week. I've never used one before as I have never seen any ... Read on »

Münchausen by Internet by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis I am a member of a group on facebook for women with CF who are either mothers or are trying to become a mother. It's a secret group so you have to be invited to it and nobod ... Read on »

End of IVs by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis This two week course of IVs has been one of the most nicest (if that's possible) courses of IVs I've had in a long time. I have had few side effects and I actually feel like ... Read on »

Busy Few Weekends by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Well I think a blog is overdue! The filling went fine, I only needed one in the end and that needle they use to put your local in is tiny and hardly hurts! The ... Read on »

Goodbye Steroids by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Today is my last dose of steroids and I'm quite glad really as a few of the side effects starting now aren't that great. I really enjoy the energy they give me and 'the fals ... Read on »

Things Are Looking Up by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis My check up on Tuesday went great, I knew my lung function was going to be better as I feel loads better, almost back to normal. It's a good job too as I could not get parke ... Read on »

Christmas by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New year for tomorrow night! I am typing my blog on my new laptop, yes I have a new laptop! So hopefully no more w ... Read on »

Home by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis At the start of last week everything seemed to be going well, my crp went down to 20, my lung function went back up to 42%, my headaches had gone and I didn't need oxygen wh ... Read on »

Hotal St James' by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Well this is going to be my home for awhile....Yes I'm in hospital! A first for this blog so I haven't done bad,I think it's almost 5 years since I as last in! I went to sta ... Read on »

December - bittersweet month by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis I had outpatients on Friday and my lung function has fallen to 32% from 42% a month ago and my weight has fallen to about 55kg so not much but it still concerned the Doctor. ... Read on »

Love on the Transplant List by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis I'm sorry I haven't blogged much, i'm feeling really rough at the moment. I woke up with a cold last Tuesday and started Amoxicillin straight away to try stop it going any f ... Read on »

My Little Munchkin by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Sorry for lack of blogging, I know know....! I finished my IVs two weeks ago and my lung function was 42% so back to normal and I felt alot better. The Doctor and I hav ... Read on »

Fantasies by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis I want to thank everyone that commented on my last blog post, I think I've had writers block for a few months and felt my blog was getting slightly boring, but I guess that' ... Read on »

The Lonely Disease by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis When you have CF and you are on your Ivs, or feeling unwell or anytime really, you soon come to the realisation that this doesn't change much. If people are under the illusi ... Read on »

Nana by Gemma Posted in: Blog Posts in Cystic Fibrosis Started IVs yesterday, i'm on Tobramycin and Ceftaz like usual. My lung function is down to 37%, weight is 56.8kg, not sure if that's down/up, not really interested! Got a h ... Read on »

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