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    I’VE GOT NEW LUNGS BUT I’M NOT CURED

    Jul 22, 2019 3 minutes

    Rima Manomaitis, 29, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was just four months old and her parents noticed she was struggling to gain weight. Her life drastically improved after receiving a lung transplant two years ago but that doesn’t mean she has her health back. Rima continues to live with cystic fibrosis, gastrointestinal reflux disease, pancreatic insufficiency, chronic sinusitis and cystic fibrosis-related arthritis.

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    I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when I was four months old – doctors did a sweat chloride test to determine whether I had it, and I think hearing the news was

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