Canadian Girls

The lack of awareness about CF always amazes me. It seems that unless a person actually knows me or another CFer, they don't know what CF is. Health care professionals included. It's always fun when a nurse asks me when/how I got CF! Seriously. I could go on and on about CF awareness, but maybe I'll save that for another post. At any rate, I try to do my part.

I'd like to recognize the effort others have gone to for CF awareness. There are so many fabulous CFers who are doing wonderful things. This includes the CF bloggers who all do an amazing job for CF awareness. Their followers include not only CFers, their parents, friends and family, but people who had never heard of CF before. I think that's really special.

There are two other bloggers, interestingly the only two Canadian blogs I've found, who have done an unbelievable job about CF awareness lately. Both are on the transplant list and everyday is a struggle. Eva (65_RedRoses) has starred as herself in a documentary about lung transplant. It has opened across Canada in various film festivals, and has been winning awards left and right. It will be on prime time tv on Monday. See my previous post for all of the details. Natalia (Journey of a Lifetime) has recently been on the front page of a Toronto newspaper with her story of CF, surrogacy, and blogging. She has also been on tv, sharing her life and story with viewers everywhere.

Both of these Canadian girls are inspirations. It makes me wonder how I can do the same.