My first real post!

Wow! So I'm a blogger now, lol! Man, I don't even know how to start this off. I guess my name is Megan. I recently turned 21 years old! My big 21st birthday, and I had to spend it in the hospital. :(  I have Cystic Fibrosis, for short its called CF. For those of you who don't know, CF is a hereditary disease. It involves your lungs and digestive system. It causes there to be more, and thicker, mucus in my lungs and my pancreass doesn't produce enzymes to break down and absorb nutrients. So I spend a lot of time in the hospital because I get lung infections easily and get sick. I have to take supplement enzymes and tons of pills. It does and has gotten worse with age. The life expectancy for a CFer is around 37, and sometimes increases with huge discovery's in different meds.

Now that we got that out of the way......what else? Well I was born and raised in a small town, and still here. I tried to be as normal as a kid as I could be. My CF didn't start getting in the way until about 7th grade. from there its kinda gone down hill. Although, I didn't help it much. I got into drugs and smoking cigarettes and alcohol around age 16. For about 3 1/2 years I neglected my meds and health care, used drugs of all kinds, drank alcohol, and just partied! I finally grew up and realized that if I continued I would for sure be dead way early. So I grew up and here I am today.

Among the several complications with my CF, I had an episode in October of 2010 where my heart stopped and my roommate was, thankfully, there and knew how to do CPR. She did this until the paramedics arrived and shocked me back to life. Then I was flown to a bigger hospital. That was a very scary experience for me, and it took me quite a while after to feel completely safe alone. It has brought on a lot of anxiety and depression. I try to handle this as best as I can but sometimes it ends up handling me!

I love to cook, watch movies, read, hang with friends, and listen to music! I used to work in a movie rental store for 2 years, so I'm a big movie freak! I love to read anything and everything I can get my hands on. I love to be outdoors, when its nice weather out. And I'm very excited to start this blog. I'm hoping it'll be a good out let for me and I hope others like it as well! All comments are welcome. Until next time, CFGirl!