Limitations Of Living With Cystic Fibrosis

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Living with Cystic Fibrosis is hard but over the last 2 to 3 decades, significant advances have been made to make life a little easier for CF patients. In fact, Mary Frey who is a youtuber was diagnosed at 7 months old. For her life is frequent hospital visits, canceling plans and spending holidays in the hospital. Living with Cystic Fibrosis meant that Mary needed to make a daily routine full of treatments to treat her CF to help her get through day to day activities. She is regularly hospitalized for lung infections. These limitations and setbacks force Mary to stop working because she would be so tired and frustrated. Taking care of Mary’s lungs is her top priority every day. She commits most of her time to staying as healthy as possible.

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