Superstition. That’s the one word answer. And my fear of breaking a winning streak of no CF hospital stays in 2014.
Every time I’ve been doing well in the past and gone to my blog to write it about it, the Universe has struck me down. A day later I’m coughing up blood or I get the flu and off to the hospital I go. Bang. Lighting strike because I tempted the gods of hospital stays or something.
So, like a pitcher pitching a no-hitter, I stayed quiet about the streak as the end of the year neared. No talking about my good luck, which is the first calendar year I’ve gone without IV antibiotics in . . . well, I don’t know how many years. 10 or more? Usually I’m in two or three times a year.
But not in 2014. With the exception of an overnight visit for a hernia repair, I did not see the inside of a hospital room. No CF exotic-animals floor for me in 2014.
I look back on the year in disbelief. Did that really happen? How?
Luck. And a lot of antibacterial hand gel. But mostly luck. Though I have to thank my treadmill desk and the six Chobani yogurts a day I eat. They get the assist.
So to my new pal, Luck, I thank you for a year away from IVs, nurses, doctors, RTs, X-rays, blood draws, and the general misery of being locked up in a hospital for weeks at a time.
Thank you, Luck, thank you. I’m grateful.
The Unknown Cystic 
That is so awesome!! I bet your treadmill desk has everything to do with it . . . keep it up! Happy New Year to you and your family and for a second IV-hospital free year!!!
Try the new Chobani oats/apple cinnamon. Big favorite ’round here. Luck be a lady, tonight – all year! Happy 2015 to you and your family. http://www.chobani.com/products/oats#apple-cinnamon
Congratulations! Hope you enjoyed the holidays with your family. I quietly celebrated no ER or hospital visits for 2014, too. Also like you, I held in my celebration til the end because I’ve done the last-week-of-December-coughing-blood-ER-visit before. I hope 2015 is even better than 2014 for you. Take care!
Happy new year! This is such great news! You really deserved to have such a good outcome after all you do to stay healthy. Keep up the good work.
Wishing you continued health in 2015! Hope the new job is treating you well!
Way to go John!! You da MAN!!! Go Broncos!
I’m new to your blog, but after reading a few posts and now this string of good luck by not posting about it, I hope I never see you in my “reader” again. Ever. That would mean you’re doing well, and that’s really all I want from this.