CF testing, at 23?

Hey, I don't know where to start with this one - first off, i'm 23. I have a lot of health problems, and also have a lot of friends with CF because of being in hospitals a lot. I've always been told I have very brittle and unstable asthma, and that because of my asthma I get lots of infections. However its got to the point where I am in hospital every few months, my lung function is rapidly dropping and we cant seam to get the infections under control. So I was referred too another hospital (Papworth) which specializes in CF/ Non-CF bronchiectasis and recurrent difficult infections. They have ran lots of tests, one of which was a sweat test, and that came back positive. I am now waiting or the genetic testing to come back, which is taking ages, as apparently the sweat test is not always reliable - I have been told not to worry about it until we have too. Though naturally I am! The low down on my health is that I was diagnosed with asthma at 8 after a nasty bout of pneumonia, from then on I had a couple of infections a year and needed a fair amount of asthma medication to keep me stable. Then when I was about 17 it all went down hill to where I am now, currently, diagnosed with severe asthma, with frequent infections. My last CT showed that I have mucus plugging of the left lobe, atelectasis of the right middle lobe, widespread air trapping, lower lobe bronchiectasis and 'small airways disease'. My last lung function tests showed that i have about 48/53% lung function so a...
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