Patient Voices Blog

I was terrified of the possibility of dying because that is the probable outcome for someone like me with cystic fibrosis. But with the health challenges I have faced in the past, having numerous instances of coming close to dying, how much greater should the fear be this time? The statistics for outcomes for this pandemic are pasted on every news channel. The mortality rate is known. Whereas, when my lung collapsed requiring 3 surgeries, when I developed bacterial pneumonia with necrosis, and when I was on oxygen 24/7 suffocating due to the volume of mucus in my lungs from an infection last year, I didn’t realize the magnitude of danger.