Well.. I wouldn't be the best person to answer this question since I hate telling people so I usually avoid it, but when I HAVE to tell someone about
cf I tell them that I have a genetic diesease which is NOT CONTAGIOUS and I have phlehmmy lungs and I have to take a lot of tablets otherwise I'll get sick. People will usually look it up on the internet or in books and read about
stuff that may not really apply to you so it's important to say that every case is different and not to worry about
you. I told my friend who I felt like I really trusted so I told him and he went in the library at school and looked in like 30 year old encyclopeidas and then got really worried about
me because it said a lot of really severe symptoms and that living out your childhood wasnt likely. But cf medicene and technology has really developed since then so I had to explain to him that the life quality and expectancy is a lot older nowadays. If your comfortable with it, encourage them to ask you questions if they have any, that way they won't get too worried about
stuff they read on the internet or hear from other people.
hope that helped
audz xo
Audrey 15 years
Cystic Fibrosis
Meds: creon, salt tabs, abdek and augmentin forte
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