I am a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient with a complex medical history that either intrigues or intimidates medical providers. At 40, I’ve dealt with a lifetime of progressive lung disease, gastrointestinal complications and other later onset issues from CF such as osteopenia, diabetes and bowel cancer. I often joke that the recessive CF gene that my identical twin sister and I inherited from our Japanese mother and German father is ...
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