oUCH man, I praise your parents for raising you. CF ain't no joke. The sheer amount of thick mucous is mind blowing.
My parents really didn't do the best with raising me. They guilt me 24/7 for my health when it gets bad, smoke around me any chance they get, & a few yrs ago when my docs brought up the possibility of a transplant they wouldn't even follow through with it due to lack of family support on my end (they require you to have people to take care of you post op, & my mother flat out refused).
Fortunately I do pretty good on my own when it comes to caring for myself. I've always strived to be the total opposite of what my mother is, she is not a good person and I know it's affected me in many ways over the years (self worth, relationships, etc). My dad was never around & I haven't talked to him in probably 13+yrs. The illness has given me extremely thick skin though & im forever grateful that I don't crumble under any sort of pressure. It's given me the ability to be calm in times of super high stress. I get a major high on proving people wrong, & that's probably one of the main reasons I keep going like I do. I want my family's stomach to turn when they see how successful I can be without any ounce of their assistance.