If you have, or have heard of cystic fibrosis, you will likely know that digestive system management is pretty much a full time job. From calculating fats and carbs to digestive enzymes and insulin, as well as dealing with the CF symptoms that can occur.

Over the last few years I’ve learnt some tricks that help me to better manage my digestive health and keep my tummy happy.

I’m so happy that I’ve finally put this in a blog post - both for my own documentation, but also to give anyone that needs it some ideas of tweaks that you can experiment with.

I talk about: what I do and don’t eat, what I do and don’t drink, what kind of movement helps, hormonal considerations

I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) in the summer of 2018. I think the official diagnosis came late August when I was first prescribed insulin, though it was my glucose tolerance test at my annual review appointment in April that first hinted at the diagnosis.

It was really my own self-awareness that ultimately resulted in me asking for insulin when I needed it, as I felt I couldn’t wait any longer for someone else to make that call. Knowing my body as well as I did, meant that I was making correlations that my Drs weren’t, and it may have saved my health from getting a lot worse. So, I wanted to share the things that led to me pushing for a CFRD diagnosis and the insulin prescription that I needed.