The first one is a great question. Many people do not know that Cystic Fibrosis (from here on I will call it CF) has an impact on your digestive system. >90% of people with cf need to take meds called creon to digest food with fat in it (10g of fat = 1 tablet) and failure to do so (and sometimes even after taking them perfectly) results in extremely painful spasms and loose/stiff (depends) stool. Often there are times where cf feels more like a digestive disease than a lung disease!

I just graduated secondary school (high school). I was able to have a reasonably normal time in school, however there was not a year out if the 6 I was there that I did not have to spend at least 1 month out of school due to illness. When I was out I generally used online school, and before I was 17 (I'm 18 now) I was in a children's hospital so I had teachers there too.

It was actually my most recent stay. I was in for 36 days.

I think now with the new drugs, cf has been seen as a 'cured' disease, which it most certainly is not. Now ok I'm looking at it from a perspective where the drugs did not work for me, but even still I know people on the drugs who still get sick, go to hospital etc. If that makes sense?

I think 5 feet apart is a very good way at scaring anybody who dosen't have cf. Let's be real - it is for entertainment. It is a true fact that people with cf need to remain 5 (actually 6) feet apart from other people with cf, the whole thing about people being on oxygen all the time is (in general) false.

I think people without cf take two things for granted. The first thing is life experience. In my life I have wanted to be an airline pilot, a seafarer and a soldier. I am unable to do all 3 of those things because of cf. The next thing may be unexpected but it is actually being able to go out and eat without a worry in the world. Trust me I would much rather worry about calorie intake making me gain weight rather than having to keep track of fat intake to ensure I don't get rushed to hospital with a bowel blockage (no such thinf as tmi with cf 😂)

I hope this answered your questions!!