*Laura*
Posts:
97
From:
Warrington, Cheshire
Registered:
15-Mar-2004
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Re: Mild CF?
Posted:
06-Dec-2006 23:35
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I was diagnosed due to failure to thrive. I had no chest symptoms as a young child at all. I took creon, had physio, fluclox, vitamins etc but I was a healthy child in every other respect. I've always been a bit skinny but I was very active (I did ballet, tap, modern dancing, gymnastics, swimming etc) and no-one would ever have guessed there was anything wrong with me. I never had days off school (except for clinic appt. every 8 weeks) until I developed ABPA at age 9. Even then, I recovered within a matter of a week or so (on steroids) and wasn't admitted to hospital for IVs until I was 12. It's kinda been a bit downhill from there though!  Ah well! 
Every CF case is unique - that's what makes treatments and predicting the future so difficult. You just don't know what's going to happen and at what rate. There are people who aren't affected by CF very much at all - this may stay the same for many years, it may not. Try not to think about it too much - as it's easy to assume the worst which isn't always the case.
Laura xxx
Message was edited by: *Laura*
Just read the posts about mutations and classes and thought I'd add mine. deltaF508 (class 2) and 1898-1G>A (class 1)
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