This article was published by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is a personal account of a young woman with CF and trying to come to terms with the limitations that loss of lung function has placed on her young life. There is a grief for her lost life, the one where she was fitter and stronger and could do so much more,
Grieving the life I once had
Just like any grief, it has a process that we all go through, and has a new life at the other end. The article is well worth a read.
NB Aspergillosis Support Groups run by the National Aspergillosis Centre in the UK can be found on Facebook.
Also, see NHS advice for the grieving.
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