A Side of CF: Groundhog Day Resolutions ...take 5

About This Blog

While this is my personal blog it will revolve mostly around my health. I believe in being well informed, compliant, and pro-active. I believe in doing this while maintaining an active and full life. My goal is to be the healthiest, oldest CF'er I can be. I will use this blog as a tool to document, track, and disect all facets of my disease. If, while doing this I can help educate, inspire, or comfort others then that is even better!

This is my story of life as an adult diagnosed CF'er and the ever developing role that CF plays in my life.

About Me

I am a 29 year old married mother of one. I work full time as a chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. I enjoy working out, reading, working with photos/videos, researching topics of interest, and most of all family time. Oh yeah, and I have CF...hence the blog title.

Stats:
Adult diagnosis @ 21
Mutations: P67L E60X
Pancreatic Sufficient
Mild to Moderate Bronchiectasis
ABPA--Xolair advocate!
Allergic to EVERYTHING
Culturing: Pseudomonas Aeroginosa & Achromobacter (alcaligenese) Xylosoxidans
FEV1 108% FEV25-75 90%

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Groundhog Day Resolutions ...take 5

LOOSE WEIGHT-C which isnt great but improving from an F last month. I managed to continue walking and eating pretty good while on the fertility medications trying to get pregnant despite not being able to truly excercise due to restrictions. I gained a bit but since it didnt work and I am not pregnant I have been doing pretty good at getting those pounds off. Additionally I have set the goal of getting down to 150 by august. Our plan is to try and get pregnant again in August so I would like to be as healthy as possible.

FLUSH MY PORT A yeah I finally completed this 4 weeks ago and am entering it NOW into my calendar for in two weeks and then a reminder every 6!

PEAK FLOW- E I should have done this after getting over the cold but was a bit consumed with all the fertility meds. Now that I am getting my lungs back (all the hormones seem to make me more gunky) I need to do this!

ELIMINATE SCENTS. C I have eliminated alot scented products from cleaning/beauty regimen. B+ Have went 100% green on cleaning, looking for a bleach substitute, looking for laundry alternative. Beauty regimen I now have the magazine/website need to actually set aside money in budget and do it. --ok update I have for the most part found the products I want to try, gotten the website I need to look at and the membership reference and put money in budget but just havent done it. I think I am having a hard time parting with my hard earned pennies! Will do it this month!

Research air purifiers and see if I should get a couple. C, research mostly done, teetering between a couple options, money set aside in budget just need to make a decision and purchase them--see above excuse!

DONE

MASKS Buy some breathe right masks for cleaning, dusting, etc DONE B+ plus wore them to clinic, need to improve on wearing in basement. --status quo

NEB SANITIZATION A+ Still loving my pasta pot---status quo

Buy allergen bedding and pillows! DONE (but had to ditch my expensive allergy pillow I know have an allergen cover over my normal pillow and am in search --sort of for a new pillow)