The Struggles of School and Having CF (GP)
Hello, I am Liv and as a 17-year-old, I have had my fair share of experiences in education, throughout primary, secondary and now college. Although my cystic fibrosis has not really had much of an impact on my lung function until the last few years (where I have fought several fungal infections that are still affecting me to this day), my digestive problems have affected me massively which caused me having to use the disabled toilet in primary and high school due to comments being made by other students which has had a big impact on my self-esteem. Speaking of self esteem, obviously in high school people can be petty and very ignorant to differences, I started to get bullied with people saying I was faking my illness, they hoped that I died of it soon and other things such as those - causing me to move schools where I lived the best 2 years of my life so far, raising over £500 for the CF Trust and making friends that I know will last a lifetime. Like many CFers, attendance at...