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Having to take some more antibiotics for 3 weeks lately, since 2 weeks I am back on my normal regime and it seems like this stabilized all right – it’s doable at least. This is a win.

PS I had to look up HIIT workouts – I can imagine they are difficult and will tax the muscles. Good for you! For me, my muscles tend to get sour incredibly fast on…[Read more]

Nothing is wrong with you, you are just tired which, given the bad things you have been handling lately, is only normal. Time and rest will do you a lot of good.

We had a normal week, which is good. Driving along in the car quite a bit, fixing some little things on it and enjoying every moment (see my latest Sunday Morning post).

My mother in…[Read more]

Oh! CF! So complex. Great to hear your story Judy and sorry about you failing to get pregnant.
We do tend to blame the thick mucous for everything wrong in CF but it does not answer a lot of questions. Why do CF persons have so many drugs that they don’t tolerate? Why so many co-morbidities? Are they CF caused?
Heart disease was considered as not…[Read more]

Thanks Paul, That is fantastic.

Judy, this is very kind, but I’m not sure which post you might be referring to. I haven’t been on the forum very much lately, as I am spending more time working on another project for CF News Today. Your thoughts and sweet words are appreciated though. I hope you are doing well!

Rare! We are definitely so. My wife was not found to have CF till she was 67. Is now probably the third oldest in Australia. While she has the common G542X mutation on one Chromosome she has a rare mutation (R75Q) on the other. Many considered the latter not to cause CF but of a checklist of 25 common problems seen with CF Reva showed 20. For a CF…[Read more]

Nothing like a nice cheese snack for morning, afternoon or evening tea. Melbourne may often have all 4 seasons the one day, but so did Egerton (Agricultural) College in Kenya when we were there in the ’70’s. The College had a small dairy factory for teaching Dairy Science and often produced a very nice cheddar. We would often get up to a nice cool…[Read more]

A recent discussion with her Dietician suggested pretzels as better than salty chips as a source of salt.

Salty cashew nuts for me please. Salt and fat in one. And the good fat. And vega. Great stuff.

I like to add salt to beef and chicken. And pour olive oil on vegetables so salt will stick to them. To avoid the carbs of potato chips but still have something salty and crunchy I have learned to like pork rinds.
I have found that kosher salt has a saltier taste than regular table salt so I use that at the table. I haven’t tried salt flakes…[Read more]

I also like to choose cheese. Additionally, a great big spoonful of peanut butter or almond butter is a favorite and goes well with a piece of chocolate. In a pinch, I will mix whey protein powder in water and dump in a generous amount of heavy cream. Isn’t fat just wonderful?