Sixty-five roses. Please keep this discussion moving, no matter what date it is.

Thank you for posting. It really helps to hear from others. My boyfriend has a staph infection in both lungs now, I found him where he was not able to walk, but we got him a bed in a cf center. They are pumping him full of intravaneous antibiotics, and giving him his breathing treatments. We call it his "tune-up". He is lucky. He is 36, and has not had a need for a donor. He was originally given 6 months to live when he was diagnosed shortly after birth. His mother fed him completely organically, and that helped him quite a bit. He is conducting his own research while in the hospital, and looking up more healing foods, and crystal healing methods, etc. Anything non traditional and not the typical western medications. He is sleeping so much, which is good, because he will cough all night long and rarely sleep the night through. He is attached to the oxygen tank and hopefully that is relieving the pressure on his chest. It is hard to watch him each night, because it pains me that I can't relieve his discomfort. And I love him, and can't do much to help him, except create posts like this and try to stir some conversation. Thank you so much, and I am sorry you lost your friend. It is a difficult illness, because, from birth, they tend to know that their lives are very limited. :-(

We use hand sanitizer as often as possible, because of the swine flu scare, etc. What would a fungal infection in the groin area be indicative of?

There are definitely some advancements; I hope they keep coming. I hope they come up with the cure. :-) Do you know much about your teacher's son? Do you know how he is doing?

I have not heard anything of them for many years now. I ran into her over 5 years ago in a different state I was visiting. We chatted for awhile and she said things were going as well as could be expected.:-(

I hope all is well for them. It's a difficult situation.

Thank you so much for posting! Do you know exactly what other ailments tumeric is good for? I will be googling recipes all night long. :-)

Its ok dear ...

Thanks for posting. I am hoping some CF'ers participate, too. I want to get some attention to this post, and have patients and caretakers help encourage one another.

Thank you for posting! I am glad to hear you are getting better. Sometimes people find out later in their adult life that they have a strain of cf. My bf found out six months after he was born. He is 39 now, and each day is a blessing, but also a lot of hard work. A cashier at a market I go to recommends this site, in which people with certain ailments advise what remedies work for them. http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/cystic_fibrosis.html (It lists more than just cf). My bf hates the time the treatments take, but found a way to manage. That is when he does his work on the computer. He is plugged in with his vest on, uses his mouse in one hand and the nebuliser in another. But he has to do 2-4 treatments a day, ranging from 1/2 hr to 1 hr at a time. Dairy is the worst phlegm creator for him, so he avoids it as best he can. One of the best things that works for him is our rebounder (mini trampoline). He will do a 15 minute session just bouncing and then go into a monster coughing fit. I say it is better coming out, then solidifying in his lungs. He tends to get staph, and already has the Pseudomonas fungus. As with any infection, if you stop feeding the fungus, virus, yeast, bacteria, etc. it will die off and won't congregate. So, he makes a green juice with all sorts of greens: cilanto, parsley, and arugula, lemon, ginger, apple, cucumber, celery, and habanero pepper. The juice is anti-yeast, anti-mucous, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, anti-fat, and anti-fungal. I put a link to the recipe. We follow a lot of raw foodists, and this is Dan McDonald teaching Lou Corona's recipe. http://youtu.be/Ha2m-xxjbwg Please post regular updates. :-)