My CF and Transplant Story (GP)
I’m Sasha and I have Cystic Fibrosis. I was diagnosed with CF when I was just 5 days old due to being 6 weeks premature and having a blockage in my bowels. I had a pretty healthy childhood, was a chubby little baby and I was always active. When I was 8 years old, my weight was so severe I had weight 2-3 stone and I was struggling to fight infections so they decided I needed a food tube. I had my mickey button until I was 14. It wasn’t until I was 14/15 years of age when things started to deteriorate and started changing my life slowly. I was so fed up of living the life I was living, I started missing medication and wasn’t keeping up with chest clearance. It got the better of me. When I w ent into year 11, I picked up a little but it still wasn’t the best. I was in hospital very sick when my GCSEs had started and was in hospital for the period of the time from start to the finish of my GCSEs and unfortunately I wasn’t allowed to re-sit them so I left school with no GCSEs and all m...