Re:The Cystic Fibrosis Breakthrough That Changed Everything
by bdcravens on Sunday March 10, 2024 @03:24PM
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Yeah, it's been quite a shock trying to reverse the first 40+ years of my life where I was told to eat eat eat. Not just for the weight, which is really a vanity thing, but also to counteract the diabetes that most with CF develop, since that can directly impact overall health and the ability to fight off infection.
Interesting. I'm an uncle to a family member with CF (and I'm a carrier) and one of their long battles has actually been weight. To the point of doing things like downing olive oil to try and keep up the weight. They've eventually had to take the fairly drastic measure of getting a feeding tube installed. Getting enough calories in just hasn't been possible until the feeding tube.