Dancing is the drug I can’t live without: Ballet star, 18, who has cystic fibrosis lands place at leading dance school Tom Oakley, 18, has won a place at a leading dance school just as Billy Elliot did Unlike his fictional counterpart he has done so with a life-threatening condition Tom, who trains for 60 … Read more
Big Brother winner Reggie Bird shares heartbreaking photos of son Lucas battling cystic fibrosis – and says they are ‘taking each day as it comes’ By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 15:26 BST, 30 May 2021 | Updated: 15:26 BST, 30 May 2021 Reggie Bird shared heartbreaking photos of her son Lucas’ cystic … Read more
A young Australian woman who battled ‘severe’ cystic acne for five years has revealed how she cleared her skin within six months with the help of three ‘miracle’ products’. Monique swapped out all of the ‘expensive’ skincare she used to rely on, and replaced her moisturisers and serums with three products from the Australian inner … Read more
Kimberly Wyatt has revealed how her suffering with cystic acne almost cost her a place in the Pussycat Dolls. The singer, 38, first joined the girl group in 2003, with the band going on to have huge success and becoming well known for their sizzling routines and racy ensembles. But in a new interview, Kimberly … Read more
‘I thought people were looking at my skin’: Sam Faiers admits she ‘didn’t want to leave the house’ during two-year struggle with cystic acne By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 16:11 BST, 21 September 2020 | Updated: 16:11 BST, 21 September 2020 Sam Faiers has admitted she ‘didn’t want to leave the house’ during her … Read more
‘I’ve been so embarrassed about it’: Sam Faiers reveals she has secretly battled cystic acne for two years after flare-up when breastfeeding daughter Rosie By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 01:27 BST, 19 August 2020 | Updated: 01:27 BST, 19 August 2020 Sam Faiers has spoken out about her secret battle with cystic acne. The … Read more
Dare we dream? Amid the flurry of tweets in response to our articles over the past fortnight that predicted the Government would soon strike a deal for a lifesaving cystic fibrosis drug, this simple sentence stood out. It summed up the hopes – and fears – of thousands of British families blighted by this horrible … Read more
It has been a little under ten months since Elliott Usher died, aged just 30 – a victim of the incurable genetic disease cystic fibrosis. Like so many others, he was taken far too young, another statistic in a grim toll that rises, week by week. But he was, of course, so much more. He was … Read more
When Nicole Adams says ‘it’s great to be alive’, it’s impossible not to smile. From just about anyone else, it would be a pleasant, if fairly unremarkable platitude. But coming from the 28-year-old Belfast native, it is simply joyous. For it’s no exaggeration to say that, just six months ago, Nicole’s life hung in the … Read more
‘I’m a cystic fibrosis warrior, and I beat COVID-19.’ That’s what one six-year-old Tennessee boy said after beating the odds and making a full recovery from the novel coronavirus that has plagued the world. Joseph Bostrain suffers from cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes the body to produce thick and sticky mucus that can clog … Read more