Christmas is just around the corner, so it is time to start working on those lists to send to Santa! Here’s my holiday season gift guide for that special someone with cystic fibrosis in your life… or maybe someone without CF (if you somehow find this blog), these gifts will work just fine for anyone else too....
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In this episode of the Own It Audio Podcast Series, you’ll meet Lauren Guidry, 27 with cystic fibrosis and 6 months post double lung transplant. Her transplant story is one that is incredibly unique. Over the course of 10 days, Lauren was diagnosed with the flu, placed on the transplant list and then finally transplanted....
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Cystic fibrosis life expectancy gets tossed around like any number of statistics in the medical world. It’s something that people love to talk about, or use to show success and progress. It really is remarkable; the amount of progress that has been made in cystic fibrosis is unlike any other chronic illness in the world,...
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I had a dream last night, and in that dream the Limp Bizkit classic song, Nookie was on repeat for some reason. I have no idea why; I haven’t heard that song in about 12 years. Needless to say I woke up pretty jacked up and motivated to get sh*t done before the Packers game...
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In this episode of the Own It Audio Podcast, you will meet Kate Arian. She’s 27 with cystic fibrosis, and just about to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of her double lung transplant. Since being transplanted, Kate has grown to become incredibly successful starting up her own business ManiCare. Kate says: As the recipient of...
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F*cking angry. It wasn’t until college that I realized how widespread smoking was (still is). The thing that was probably more shocking than the people who did it every day on the walk to class or in their daily routine, was the people who thought it was a cool social activity. It’s not cool and...
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About a year ago CNN brought us the story of Dalton and Katie Prager, two young adults with cystic fibrosis who met on the Internet and went on to get married. Their story, drawing plenty of similarities from the book and movie The Fault in Our Stars, has captivated a nationwide audience thanks to several...
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