January 2011
7 posts
Farewell 2010 Today I send off 2010 with a hefty amount of iPadding, enjoying the 70+ degree weather in Texas, and by watching Futurama season 5 on DVD. I haven’t written much in the last week because I’ve been enjoying my 11- day Christmas vacation. We spent three days in DFW visiting our parents. The weather was cold and a little rainy on Christmas eve. We spent the afternoon...
Jan 1st
December 2010
10 posts
Dec 24th
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Magical Elves
Funny story. A Mobilaire 50 psi compressor arrived at my door yesterday. That’s not really that funny. But what IS is the fact that I didn’t order one. Over a month ago, I orders on from Company A online. After a week, I learned it was on backorder. So I ordered it from Company B online. A week later, I also learned it was on backorder. After investigation with the warehouse, it...
Dec 22nd
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Replacement compressor
I called the company I bought my new nebulizer compressor from last week and told them about the hot air that resulted in explodey-hose. They called DeVilbiss who said they’d replace it for me because it shouldn’t get so hot. Well, the new one arrived today. And guess what. The air gets hot after just 5 minutes. Of course, most people don’t use nebulizers for very long in one...
Dec 21st
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Dec 16th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 10th
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Impaired fasting glucose and CF
Yesterday I was doing my biweekly PubMed search for newly published CF research.  Most of the time, I don’t discover anything that applies to me at this point in my disease.  Yesterday was an exception.  Remember the sort of anxiousness I was feeling about my oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) back in September?  Well, I scoured the world wide web for insight on slightly elevated fasting blood...
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Reflections on my 28th year
I’m not going to lie. Twenty Eight hasn’t been my favorite year. These things have happened that make me glad to leave it behind: — The first time I’ve coughed up pure blood that resulted in an adventure to the ER around midnight on a Sunday back in January. — Five courses of oral antibiotics after 2+ years of no exacerbations. — Bacteria-ridden sputum cultures. I had about...
Dec 3rd