Holly's daily health care regimen

After viewing the blog, Holly suggested you might be interested in what she does to stay healthy every day. So here it is:

Albuterol twice a day
Pulmozyme once a day
7% Hypertonic Saline twice a day
Vest twice a day
Prevacid twice a day
Ultrase MT20 3 with meals
Actigall twice a day
Zithromax MWF
Celexa once a day
Metformin (not for CF-related purposes) 3 times a day
Reliv supplements twice a day
As much exercise as I can handle

She's found the Hypertonic Saline (HS) to be very helpful. After six months of using it, her lung function, which had gradually declined over several years, improved 30 percent! Her coughing had gotten bad enough that she coughed or cleared her throat almost constantly. The HS has relieved that, allowing her to get better rest at night.

For information on how the Reliv supplements have made a difference, visit her Web site at: www.geocities.com/MurrensNatureMama, and click on her Reliv Story. To summarize, I'll tell you that improving her nutrition has drastically reduced her need for hospitalizations.

Holly has a port on her right side, under her arm. This is her third, the first two being removed when she experienced two different bouts of blood infections. She prefers it under her arm, because it doesn't show when she wears sundresses or swimsuits. It's also easy when she's "hooked up" to just let the tube come out from under her shirt, so it's more comfortable and not in the way.

If you have any questions about Holly's routine or why she does things the way she does, please ask, and I'll get the questions to her. You know, if you're wondering, someone else probably is too.