I'd sit down and chat with him and his doctors. I've travelled overseas before and didn't have any problems. However, when I am in high altitudes I do get short of breath a lot easier. so no mountain hiking. I'm sure the doctors would help you plan for a trip and let you know how to prepare.

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thanks for your advice =) I will put it to him and see what he says. I know he would love to travel to NZ (we are in Australia) to go skiing, cos he loves to ski... its not too far, so maybe something like that would be a good start! Thanks again =)

What about taking a cruise? It's the old fashion way but still works.Goodluck!

I went on my first cruise last march. My son has CF I think I would be fearful of a cruise for him when so many of the cruise lines lately have had so many illness break out abord the ships. Just my 2 cents worth. my best to you and how ever you decide to travle have a great time. CF or not we only get one life so enjoy!!!!!!

i have had CF since i was born and my parents own a home in the vergin islands even at a yound age and now i travel on planes a lot and like your partner i have good lung health and personally i find no irritation or tourble while or after flying. what i have been told is that it does not affect CF because the airplane is preassure controled.

I don't really know if the altitude and pressure affect the lungs long term. I was lectured by my son's doctor when we took him to Zion national park and hiked with him before he was 2 years old. We were told we needed to get permission to do something like that. Funny how the first mention of that is after we've already done it. At that time, and it was 16 years ago. We were only told that it was so that we could take supplimental oxygen with us. Since then he's been camping in the mountains a lot. We've always take oxygen with us, and we thought everything was ok. He was also on airplanes several times when he was about 7-9 years old. We had been told he had only a year to live, so we decided to live it up. One time we had to rent oxygen from the airline, because it was such a long flight and he used oxygen while he slept, and we knew he'd fall asleep. When he was 12 he got a doctor's permission to hike a 12,000 foot mountain peak. He trained for it, and was the healthiest I've ever seen him. Now if all of this fun has shortened his life, and we weren't told, I'm really disappointed in our doctors, but if he couldn't do all the things he loved, I really believe his life would have been shorter becuase he would have felt like he was stuck home unable to do the things he loves. I will eagerly follow this topic to see if anyone gets an answer from their doctor that differs from ours. I'm not sure at this point we can change anything. Benjamin is now 18 years old, and has had so many medical mistakes made that his prognosis is presently not good, but I'll save that for a discussion on digestive enzyme overdose.