Salt Rooms

Salt roomBreathing Clear salt therapy just opened in Tampa. They had an open house tonight, so we went to check it out.

I had read about people using this therapy on the CF boards.  Breathing the salt air is supposed to help all sorts of respiratory conditions.  But the closest one was about a two hour drive away so I had put it out of my mind.  Then I started seeing commercials for one opening close to us and was curious to see what it would be like.

I was a little disappointed at how small the place was.  It was a super tiny office crowed with a ton of people.  I was expecting a larger place, but there was only one adult room with two chairs and one kids room with one chair and a sandbox with some toys.  I also thought we would get to sit and see what it would be like if we did buy a session, because they were a little expensive.

They did have good food and drinks!  And we liked that the walls were made out of salt bricks.  Maybe we will win a free session so we can try it out.

Has anyone tried going to a salt room?  Does it really work to help CF or my allergies?

Great Strides Tampa

Great StridesToday was the Great Strides walk for CF at Lowry Park Zoo.  Last year was our first year doing the walk, and we only found out about it a couple days before, so we really didn’t know what to expect.  And it had started pouring just as we were supposed to start walking.  We ran for cover under the nearest tunnel.  A half hour later, it was still pouring just as hard.  So we ran as fast as we could to the car and went home soaking wet.

This year, we actually got to walk.  We all tried to keep up with Jesse on his very fast first lap around the zoo, and then we did one slower lap stopping to see the few animals that were still out.  I got to meet Jesse’s CF nurse, who I am always hearing about how awesome she is.  All together our team raised $1295!