Author: Lauren

As you may know, cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease, meaning I was born with a little slip-up in my 7th chromosome that causes all kinds of issues in my body. Well, given that I was, in fact, born this way, Lady Gaga’s song, “Born This Way” really rings true to my life. I have it on my running playlist, and it does nothing but inspire me to keep going when I’m running. The song says “Ooh there ain’t no other way, baby I was born this way.” And its true, there is no other way for me to live my life, I was forced to live my life with cf. So when I’m running, when I’m breathing, when I’m living, I have cf. There is no way to change the way I was born, so I have to embrace it, or at the very least, deal with it and get over it. Yeah, I have cf,… so what? When I’m running and jammin to this song, that SO WHAT is written in huge letters in front of my eyes. I was born this way, so what! Yesterday I ran over 7 miles in the cool rain. It was the first time I’d gone that long without stopping to catch my breath. When I was running, I didn’t feel like I was born with cf. I felt free from...