Cheriz: My life with Cystic Fibrosis

A Rocky Start to an AMAZING YEAR:   2013 and 2014 (click to read) were both a lot more medically and emotionally tough. 2015 was pretty much the best year of my life!  In JANUARY :  Uh Oh, lung function low, time for a tune up in the hospital the first week of Jan. end of January I went home with IVs. What a way to start the year! All FEBRUARY  I did my regular 10 nebulizers plus home IVs. Didn't have time for much else!  Sadly, my lung function and body didn't respond to 3 weeks of IVs.  So my daily number of nebs went to 12!! Luckily, this kind of got my lung function up a bit. Took prednisone and kept an eye on it. I had been having lots of Gastrointestinal issues and starting seeing a specialist in MARCH . Mom & I experienced the worst doctor ever & I soon switched to a new doc (read HERE ). Which wasn't really resolved, but ehhhh...Life got busy, so I let it go (for now). APRIL - birthday month My...

Traveling to see Stacey: With the Holidays comes traveling and visiting loved ones. Don't get me wrong traveling SO well worth it AND we are lucky to only travel a few hours. It's just all the stuff I have to remember to pack is hard. Check out how much I had to pack for our Honeymoon HERE!  Last night was the 1 year Anniversary of Andrew proposing to me, make sure to read about it HERE . My college best friend/ roommate of many years came to visit the day before, stayed the night, and hung out with me during the next day (before Andrew got off work & proposed). Andrew had plotted knowing Stacey was coming, so in a small way she was part of the engagement (Which I LOVE). Stacey (Staceface as I call her sometimes) really REALLY helped me survive college. Now, I don't mean typical " Oh man, I'm hungover but have a final" surviving... I mean she helped make my meds when I was sick, she'd take my iv meds out of the fridge an hour before I had to h...

Who to Tell, How to Manage: Well, I already told all my co-workers, managing broker, and the President of the Company that I have Cystic Fibrosis. All my friends and family, my whole hometown knows.... So who is left? Just my clients. As you may have read ( in this past post ) that I'm starting a new career. Being a Real Estate Broker (Realtor) will give me the flexibility I need for my medications, still keep me busy, AND I LOVE it! I absolutely love every single bit of it! The only part I can't decide about is: How open should I be about my CF? Could my CF deter clients or scare people away? Obviously, its not something I need to bring up and unless I have a coughing attack in front of them or something. But, as far as advertising goes it makes it a little tougher.  And let's face it Real Estate is about advertising, connecting, and networking. So I have to figure it out! I've discussed this with a couple close friends and we all agree putting info about my CF...

The Good Stuff and Not so Great: With the Holidays come cherished family time, cheerful smiles, and great memories. I LOVE the holidays. Surprisingly Thanksgiving is my favorite (for the single reason my mom's entire side ALWAYS gets together for it). We have tons of food, board games, and fun! I mean check it out, 2 plates just for me! [note: all my enzymes to the right. bahaha] So much homemade food! Thanksgiving was a blast, granted Andrew and I had a lot of work around that time too. We didn't get as much time off as we would of loved, BUT we did get Thanksgiving! Whew. I had Friday off too, but I didn't do to much Black Friday shopping. I got some movies (go figure), but no big purchases this years. I actually already have 90% of the my Christmas shopping done too! Whew.  I tried to make sure I was on top of everything this year. We aren't doing Christmas cards, because we are in the middle of doing our Wedding Thank Yous! So that was enough postage to pa...