Seventeen year old looking for CF testing
hey everyone!! so i'm a seventeen year old girl, and i've been sick since i was about ten, when i suffered severe salmonella and celiac disease that left me malnourished and weak. i got most of my strength back and seemed mostly well recovered until i was about thirteen, when i started suffering from severe, frequent migraines and chronic fatigue. recently my symptoms have ramped up again. i've had several lung infections throughout high school, most recently a severe strep-like virus my doctors couldn't diagnose two months ago, and since then i've been having coughing fits and bringing up yellow mucus every day. i'm always exhausted, and i have terrible stomach pains and other symptoms that fit with pancreatic insufficiency. i've worked with many doctors over my lifetime, yet none have been able to come up with anything concrete- they attribute everything to my celiac or my having anorexia, though i've been in recovery from my most recent episode for a year and these symptoms really don't fit with ones i experienced due to malnutrition. does this sound familiar to anyone? and does anyone have tips about asking doctors for a CF test? i'm really scared of not being taken seriously because i know i'll likely come off as someone who just googled their symptoms and is overly anxious, but i really do think this could be a possibility for me. my parents kind of dismissed it because we don't have a family history of CF and my doctor has never brought it up. any advice is appreciated!! thank you for reading :)