An article on the Health page of the MSNBC site recently highlighted a 44 year old man, Brad Hildebrant, who has CF and is raising 9 year old twins. It’s great to see CF mentioned on such a popular news site, as this type of publicity will hopefully increase CF awareness. This article is particularly interesting because it focuses on adults with CF and the challenges involved in staying healthy and having kids. As more CF patients live longer, they are faced with new issues as they confront adulthood with a disease that once meant they were unlikely to ever make it that far. It’s exciting to realize how much things have changed, with many CF adults having children.
Brad maintains that keeping himself in top physical condition has helped him stay healthy enough that he can be active on baseball teams and with his family. His doctor agrees:
Marshall says physical conditioning “is one of the keys to combating CF and other chronic lung diseases. It’s part of what we preach.”
This agrees with a trend I’ve noticed where exercise is cited as the best therapy for CF patients. Push yourself to the limits and who knows how far you will go!
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