The article is a little over-the-top dramatically, but makes a good point about working through your problems towards your goals, especially if those problems and goals are physical.

I have Cystic Fibrosis and am a runner. I've done two marathons and am looking at doing on in spring of 2011. This kid is doing exactly what he should be doing.

However, I am concerned that that this "I can't breathe" thing isn't being addressed directly. Even runners with CF should be able to breathe OK during a run and shouldn't HAVE to collapse at the end. If that's what happening, his O2 levels may be going too low. Hopefully, they've done the 12-minute treadmill test on him and investigated. If one's O2 levels go too low, there's cell damage. During exercise, this can be remediated by slowing down, taking walk breaks, or using supplemental oxygen, or a combination of those things. I take walk breaks, though I admit that with better training, those could be shorter. :)

Well, I hope this kid can get a grasp on his new life and make it work for him. Sounds like he's in the activist phase; you know, the "nobody proselytizes harder than the converted" kind of thing.

DNRTFA, just wanted to say right on, as long as he is taking care of himself.

xlbrooklyn: However, I am concerned that that this "I can't breathe" thing isn't being addressed directly. Even runners with CF should be able to breathe OK during a run and shouldn't HAVE to collapse at the end.

Butbutbut! What about a little thing called BUILDING CHARACTER?

"It is certain that Merlin did not think that Zabulun would do what he did now. He changed himself into a hound. Running among the ten that were there he sniffed at them."

- 'The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter' by Padraic Colum (1920)

Bagelox-99: Butbutbut! What about a little thing called BUILDING CHARACTER?



/approves.

I told you he was hardcore.

show-off.

I was all ready to support this kid until I hit this part:

Three crosses adorn the Livelys' kitchen wall and an angel statue kneels on their hearth. The family knows why it told Lively to keep running.

"The doctor said I should be in critical condition or possibly dead," Lively said. "That's when it hit me: I'm alive for a reason."

Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

I managed to carry the laundry basket today without getting winded.

StrangeQ: Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

I pray you become a better writer, my son.

StrangeQ: I was all ready to support this kid until I hit this part:

Three crosses adorn the Livelys' kitchen wall and an angel statue kneels on their hearth. The family knows why it told Lively to keep running.

"The doctor said I should be in critical condition or possibly dead," Lively said. "That's when it hit me: I'm alive for a reason."

Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

If believing in God helped motivate the physical strengthening that saved his life, I'd call it a plus.

Good on the kid. No sense in letting the whole not being able to breathe thing slow you down.

StrangeQ: I was all ready to support this kid until I hit this part:

Three crosses adorn the Livelys' kitchen wall and an angel statue kneels on their hearth. The family knows why it told Lively to keep running.

"The doctor said I should be in critical condition or possibly dead," Lively said. "That's when it hit me: I'm alive for a reason."

Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

No, no , no. ITS A MIRACUL FROM JEEBUS!!!! Just like all those folks who miraculously grew back amputated limbs!!

I ran XC in high school. I dealt with the pain of running by not running any more.

/found that cycling is just as good exercise and doesn't hurt nearly as much

xlbrooklyn: The article is a little over-the-top dramatically, but makes a good point about working through your problems towards your goals, especially if those problems and goals are physical.

I have Cystic Fibrosis and am a runner. I've done two marathons and am looking at doing on in spring of 2011. This kid is doing exactly what he should be doing.

However, I am concerned that that this "I can't breathe" thing isn't being addressed directly. Even runners with CF should be able to breathe OK during a run and shouldn't HAVE to collapse at the end. If that's what happening, his O2 levels may be going too low. Hopefully, they've done the 12-minute treadmill test on him and investigated. If one's O2 levels go too low, there's cell damage. During exercise, this can be remediated by slowing down, taking walk breaks, or using supplemental oxygen, or a combination of those things. I take walk breaks, though I admit that with better training, those could be shorter. :)

Well, I hope this kid can get a grasp on his new life and make it work for him. Sounds like he's in the activist phase; you know, the "nobody proselytizes harder than the converted" kind of thing.

Was wondering if you'd chime in here--awesome on the marathons. :-)

Why is it that so many threads have assholes who will try to turn anything into a religious flame war? I'm expecting it to go that way, which is why I'm out of here.

/dicks

Dafatone: If believing in God helped motivate the physical strengthening that saved his life, I'd call it a plus.

Hopefully he'll eventually discover that faith and a mixture of Black Rhino horn, dried Panda penis, and the blood of albinos are far more effective than faith alone.

Dafatone: StrangeQ: I was all ready to support this kid until I hit this part:

Three crosses adorn the Livelys' kitchen wall and an angel statue kneels on their hearth. The family knows why it told Lively to keep running.

"The doctor said I should be in critical condition or possibly dead," Lively said. "That's when it hit me: I'm alive for a reason."

Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

If believing in God helped motivate the physical strengthening that saved his life, I'd call it a plus.

What Dafatone said.

/agnostic
//married to an atheist
///I'm also a carrier of CF

I Like Bread: I managed to carry the laundry basket today without getting winded.

Not me, my fat ass was winded getting out of bed.

StrangeQ: I was all ready to support this kid until I hit this part:

Three crosses adorn the Livelys' kitchen wall and an angel statue kneels on their hearth. The family knows why it told Lively to keep running.

"The doctor said I should be in critical condition or possibly dead," Lively said. "That's when it hit me: I'm alive for a reason."

Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

The difference between his family and you is they don't force their beliefs on you whereas you aren't being so generous.

towatchoverme: StrangeQ: Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

I pray you become a better writer, my son.

*sigh* DISEASE, a physically debilitating DISEASE

StrangeQ: I was all ready to support this kid until I hit this part:

Three crosses adorn the Livelys' kitchen wall and an angel statue kneels on their hearth. The family knows why it told Lively to keep running.

"The doctor said I should be in critical condition or possibly dead," Lively said. "That's when it hit me: I'm alive for a reason."

Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

Does his faith somehow directly affect you? No? Then STFU. If it provides him and his family with some sort of comfort and doesn't hurt you, then why the hell do you care? Try not being a dick for a day--you might be surprised at how much nicer life is.

Was his name Forrest?

/drtfa

bigdogap: Was his name Forrest?

/drtfa

I do not think that acronym means what you think it means.

StrangeQ: I was all ready to support this kid until I hit this part:

Three crosses adorn the Livelys' kitchen wall and an angel statue kneels on their hearth. The family knows why it told Lively to keep running.

"The doctor said I should be in critical condition or possibly dead," Lively said. "That's when it hit me: I'm alive for a reason."

Now I just want to tell him and his family to stfu. You are not God's little holy marathon runner. A "god" did not have anything to do with your condition. You are alive because you fought a physically debilitating with physical strengthening and it has been able to hold it back so far.

So you're the one everyone's been looking for. You know, the one with all the right answers about everything. You just stay right there, I'll spread the word so the rest can stop looking.

oneodd1: The difference between his family and you is they don't force their beliefs on you whereas you aren't being so generous.

I have my reasons. The sooner religion is abolished from the human psyche, the better. You don't need a god to motivate yourself; it's an intellectual stop-gap and a sign of mental weakness.