Would You Date Someone With Cystic Fibrosis?
So I’m 15 and I have Cystic Fibrosis. The only noticeable thing about my CF is that I cough often, which most people think I just have the flu for a long time. Sometimes they ask me if I’m sick or if i have a cold, and i just say, something like that.. Besides secretly taking my pancreas enzymes every lunch hour, I’m otherwise your average teenage girl.
So I wonder if anyone would date me or automatically think no because of my disease, no matter what. Remember, these are other 15-year-old boys, not a full grown understanding man..
Oh, and another part of the question – should i tell people i have CF? So far, in my high school career, i have tried to keep my secret on the down low (my best friends and various other people know) but i don’t really want other people to know because i don’t want them to judge me or pity me or treat me differently in any other way. I want them to treat me how they would if i didn’t have CF, good or bad. And it kills me not knowing who knows that i have CF, sometimes i wonder if people are just nice to me because i have CF.
But anyways, for a fundraiser, my mom thought that we should Tye-die shirts and sell them at school. I told her i didn’t want people knowing and so she assigned my brother and his friends to do it. I know people will find out that i’m the reason the money for these shirts is going to CF. and i don’t want them to. i know it’s kind of selfish because the money would help everyone with CF, but it seems like the only people who might understand are other people with CF.
Tagged with: Brother • Mom • Teenage Girl
Filed under: Cystic Fibrosis
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