Personal Narrative: Cystic Fibrosis

I remember as if it were yesterday. The day I met my very near and dear friend. I recall the time my family and I walking into their house for dinner and meeting my friend. Of course, I had no idea that he had Cystic Fibrosis, but at that time, it didn 't really matter. Before meeting that friend, I, like many other people, had no idea what CF was. When I found out that he had CF, it shocked me. After that, when we became very good friends and hung out a lot, sometimes I would completely forget that he even had CF in the first place. There really is no debate that CF affects family and friends and it is sometimes hard to hold onto that hope of a cure, but I feel that with hope and help, a cure can be found.

Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited, life threatening disease that blocks your lungs airway with mucus, making it

A single vest will last you a lifetime, but costs between $15,000 and $20,000. A single nebulizer costs about $50, plus all the little accessories. Then there 's all the antibiotics that cost about $50 per single vial. Totaling at about $180,000 per year.

Another problem that CF patients face is that it is extremely difficult to be in any sport. If a CF patient plays a sport, it would be very difficult to breath throughout the time. It 's like breathing through one of those black coffee stirring straws. CF makes life in all aspects very difficult. Any sort of travel is very complicated and difficult. First of all, They have to carry the 20lb vest around. Then the nebulizer and all the medicine.

It seems that the vest and nebulizer would be enough to “stop” or stall the effects that CF have on patients. Yet, we still have not found a cure to CF. There a many foundations and organizations raising money to find a cure. For instance the Cystic Fibrosis foundation that was founded in 1994, or the various organizations established to raise money for a