Megan D.'s Essay

My name is Megan Doom and I recently finished my freshman year at Concordia College, Moorhead. Not only has my freshman year at school taught me a lot about myself but it has allowed me to reflect upon my life experiences living with Cystic Fibrosis. Living with Cystic Fibrosis has taught me to value life through responsibility and also to live life to the fullest. I value my life through responsibility by taking care of myself and my Cystic Fibrosis. I take care of myself by remembering my daily treatments, medications and exercising daily. As part of exercising daily I was involved in many activities such as: marching band, gymnastics, swimming and diving, in high school. Now that I am a college student it is much harder to be involved in such activities, but I keep up exercising by going to the gym to keep my lungs healthy.

Being involved with so many activities and my living with Cystic Fibrosis has taught me to live life. I understand that Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder that has no cure, but knowing that there is no cure hasn’t stopped me from being who I want to be. I have recently been accepted into the nursing program at Concordia College, which is a huge accomplishment because I had tackled advanced classes to get into the program. Now that I am accepted into the program, nothing can stop me from reaching my goal to become a nurse and one day make a difference in a child’s life that has Cystic Fibrosis.