How to tell people you have CF

Okay so when I was little I found it very hard when people asked me questions about why I was taking pills or why I was always ill and to start with I didn't want them to know I had CF.

I figured there may be lots of you who don't know how to respond when asked these questions so I thought I could help with some responses.

Situation 1... Talking pills (enzymes) and someone questions why you are taking them
So if you don't want them to know anything about your illness then you could simply tell them you have to take pills when you eat and leave it at that...

If they carry on to ask why and other things you can either just tell them you don't want to talk about it or if they are a friend who you feel close enough to tell you can explain that they help digest your food and maybe even explain you have CF.


Situation 2... Someone questions why you are always ill
So if they are not a friend and you don't want to tell them you can just say you have had a bad cold or something or just say it's private.

If it's a friend who doesn't know about your CF yet you can consider telling them about the illness or just tell them you have health problems but don't like discussing it.



This leads on to how to describe CF briefly to a new friend...
I mainly just tell them the name and say that it effects the lungs and effects my pancreas too.

I wouldn't tell then everything such as hospital and all your medication straight away if they don't ask as they may not be as understanding as you thought.

So yeah that's about it on how to tell people...I'm sorry if it's all way too obvious I just thought it may help some people!!



Found some funny CF memes ;) hahahahaha so relatable ;)

Okay so that's all for today! Literally running out of ideas so need so help! I've added a bucket list to my blog so go check it out :D

Peace love Iz x