Cystic Fibrosis: Hope & Health

10 Competitors, 16 Medals and one AWESOME day! Aline & Wolfgang were coaches and I was equipment & competitor manager.

After seeing a specialist yesterday, I have a date for my next Polyp surgery (this will be my 7th surgery) it's August 9th. I'm so e...

First thing on my list is to go see the Physio Therapist. I arrive 20 min. early because I gave myself extra time just in case I couldn'...

Wow! I can't believe I was so nervous about the whole transition thing. It went really smooth and I'm really going to enjoy working ...

I started this last Monday and I ran 3 out of 5 mornings. The 2 I didn't run I slept-in instead. Oops, bad me! I can already tell that i...

Out here in Texas I don't have Tae Kwon Do :( I miss you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, so I'm going to start RUNNING! At 6 AM wa...

Hey! I made it to Texas! I wrote all about it on my other blog www.hopeishere.blogspot.com if you want to take a look. Thankfully at the mo...

My lung function was around 90%! Yea! I don't have a cough and it's non productive if I do cough. They still want me to take Tobi fo...

Well my health is doing great even though the doctors want me to go on Tobi and I said “NO!” hello? If I’m healthy why would I want to bring...

Christmas was awesome! I got a Tamagotchi and toe socks! My health was great, this is now the third Christmas in a row without pneumonia, al...

I almost forgot to mention this! Dad never picked up the drugs. So, my 98% normal lungs thing? It was done by my body, NOT the rat poison. Y...

I got like the greatest news yesterday… ok, let me tell the background story first. Last Thursday I got a CT scan of my lungs to make sure t...

I have this theory about CF and survivors guilt. I know I have it; but I’m not sure about other CF people. I’ll explain it for those who are...

Dad has still forgotten to pick up my drugs. How funny!

Water. Without it we would die. But is all water equal? That answer is quite obvious; NOT all water is equal. and the best water out there i...

So, supposedly there is a new way of measuring how well you're doing weight wise with CF! Calculating the BMI (in percentile if under 20...

Tomorrow is my CF check-up. I think I’m doing great but I guess I’ll find out if I really am or not tomorrow! Winter is sooooooo cold! I rea...

Hello, my name is Andrew Desjardins and I was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at birth. My goal is to play an active role as a teacher and so...