What's up Nina? Thoughts from a Cystic Fibrosis Survivor & Lung Transplant Recipient

Doctors Day

"I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom." 

Earlier today I read that today is National Doctors Day. That means A LOT to me. My doctors, throughout the years, have done everything they possibly could to help me fight my disease, Cystic Fibrosis. They have also done a lot to further CF research and nothing means more to me than finding a cure for CF someday. For all my friends with CF out there, and  all the families who have a loved one or know someone who has CF. Our doctors are working hard to make sure that happens.

I have been blessed, from practically birth, by having the greatest doctors I could have ever imagined. I mean it's obvious I did not imagine having Cystic Fibrosis, but having such amazing doctors who can make everything about a life threatening disease a little bit easier makes a huge difference in the lives of the individuals fighting the disease. Like me. That's what happens, a doctor is so encouraging, and working so hard on your behalf to make sure you live as long as possible, as long as you follow your prescribed regimen, what more could you ask for as a patient?

My doctors were always like my family, I always told them about all my adventures, I always took their advice and asked questions for improving my healthcare, and most of all I always trusted them. The day I moved to the adult center I lost all of those doctors, the ones I knew my whole life, the ones who kept me around longer than they had ever expected and what statistics show. I was going into completely new hands in the worse health I had ever known.

Now I have some new doctors. They saved my life, you know, life savin' somethin' somthin' no big deal, hahaha, but really, they trusted in me and gave me new lungs. They trusted me to care for them, and they have been there every step of the way. I have the most wonderful, amazing and inspiring surgeon and transplant team, who are probably the greatest at what they do of anyone on the face of this earth, which they are no doubt, and I know they are looking out for me. How much more could I ask for? I know that all they want is to keep me healthy and living it up! There is nothing better than knowing you can trust your doctors to take care of you the best they can, and give you the best advice no matter the situation. There are no words to express my gratitude for my doctors over the years, but I hope that they all know how much I appreciate them and how grateful I am to have them in my life.

So THANK YOU DOCTORS (especially mine, past and present) for helping the world live it up, despite the illness and disease thats among us.

I am not sure exactly how to go about thanking someone for saving your life.... but... maybe I will figure it out someday.