Mikayla Bianchin

I have lived with cystic fibrosis (CF) my entire life, I know it like the back of my hand. With CF being a rare disease, there are still a lot...

When living with a chronic illness, I find my mind drifting into various stages, emotions and feelings. I often get comments from people, praising my strength and positivity, solely for...

It’s almost that time of year where my city does cystic fibrosis (CF) walks to raise money and awareness for CF. Fundraising is my calling, I love it! I also...

My favorite thing about having cystic fibrosis (CF) is that most often no one can actually tell that I have CF or rather, anything unique about me at all. I...

An essential part of staying healthy with CF is the diet. Often CF patients are told to include high-fat, high-calorie foods. In my experience, this was due to the probability...

I have CF. For most of my life, that has been public knowledge. I shared it with people nonchalantly, as I would my favorite food. It was so normalized to...

Receiving the gift of Trikafta didn’t feel like a cure, it felt more along the lines of a promise. It felt like it promised me a life back that I...

Having an illness that appears indistinguishable to the public, yet is crystal clear to myself, is challenging. Even with an invisible illness, I found that parts of my body that...

When asked in interviews for tv stations, newspapers and conversations about my CF, I tried to think of my absolute worst day. I wanted to make CF sound as horrible...

When discussing cystic fibrosis (CF), people are overwhelmed to discover how many areas it affects in the body. Lungs, digestive system, pancreas, bones, reproductive system and so on. What always...

Trikafta is "pure magic" in a blister pack. "The golden ticket, the sunshine pill, the miracle". The commentary I heard from consumers of this drug was astronomical in comparison to...

Not to be a downer, but traveling with CF is a headache. Regardless, I have been incredibly lucky to have gotten to visit so many countries across North America. Salt...

Hello everyone! For my first article I’m beginning with something I have struggled with a lot when it comes to advocating for my own health and being my own caregiver:...