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Hello everyone. I started this new school program which is 40 hours a week and 20 hours in driving and homework= total 60 hours. I am exhausted and am waking up at 5am every day. Last time my pfts were 76 percent and I could breath well. My pfts must be down about 5 percent because Im to the point where Im struggling to walk up a slight hill with a back pack. I don't even want to put food in my stomach because the extra weight is making it even more difficult to breath. Ive been coughing up blood as well. In the 30 years of me being alive, I have never struggled like this to breath. I have no choice to keep pushing forward with my schooling. Its my last chance to have a career and good paying job. You can not take take time off either. Im allowed 6 day in the year as sick days so Im saving them for when there is no choice. Does anyone have any natural suggestions to help me feel better? I am going to try to work out this weekend because that has always helped me. Im starting to get upset because Ive worked 6 years to get to this point and my body is starting to fail me. The struggling to breath is driving me nuts and I cant sleep at night now. I just want a break from this disease. To breath fully, not have to deal with coughing or coughing up blood and sugar lows. I am stating to get discouraged and I am wondering how I will ever be able to be prego in the future and carry a baby if I am having trouble now. I did the last 6 years to be able to support a family, to not live p...
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