Guest guest Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 I agree. All I can say is that if germs had that kind of shelf life (weeks apart from mailing etc) we'd all be in a lot of trouble. After all we all use the same clinic, and i just stayed at the hospital for a month with CF people and we all use the same facilities. Capacia and no capacia. We are encouraged NOT to speak closely and not to hangout in each others rooms, but we sit on the same chairs in the waiting rooms. I assure you that the chairs, walls, tables, floors, etc are not cleaned constantly. What is the difference between sending Christmas cards from one CF family to the other? Anyhow, I do respect everyones choices. This is personal. Only those that want to will participate. I am fully behind every decision. I will let everyone know soon about addresses. They can be sent through the CF group or personal email. I'll keep you guys posted. I'm hoping to start with some of my CF friends here in Toronto. There is a girl named Stacey that is really sick right now, awaiting trasplant, that would love to start it off. She's pretty amazing, and an inspiration to me. Natalia 24 w CF On Thursday, January 22, 2004, at 03:18 AM, ANDREA FITTING wrote: > I thought of that too, but I don't think that the germs would survive > through the mailing process since they need a moist wet environment > like the lungs......... > > Re: A request.. FOR EVERYONE > > > This is a good idea, except... what about contamination? I hate to > be the paranoid mother, but I don't even let my kids touch the books > in the dentist's waiting room. I just can't see letting my child > with cf handle something that has been passed around to hundreds of > other people with cf. Am I being crazy here? What is the > likelihood of germs being transmitted via scrapbook? > I'm not unusually overprotective, but this seems a little risky to > me. What about putting all the same information on a website? > Everything could be scanned and put into a pdf file so that it could > be printed out just as it was written, or viewed online - with zero > chance of cross-infection. The > http://www.cfparents.org<http://www.cfparents.org/> website has > space. > Just a thought. > > ~ > mommy of 3, 1 with cf > > > > > That > > > way we could keep track of it and keep in going all over. > Imagine > > > sitting at home with your family and looking at picture after > > picture > > > of CF people all around the world. And reading their messages, > > > > and on and on. Imagine the possibilities. We could take it to > > > clinics, to have people join in. Each person that has it that > > moment > > > could get involved in any way that they like, perhaps collecting > > some > > > pictures and pasting them in yourself. It would give us all a > week > > or > > > two of crafty fun, before mailing the book to its next temporary > > home. > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > The opinions and information exchanged on this list should IN NO WAY > be construed as medical advice. > > PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR > TREATMENTS. > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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