Cystic fibrosis patient to debut comedy show after brush with death

Cystic fibrosis patient to debut comedy show after brush with death

A Clydebank cystic fibrosis patient who wrote goodbye letters to her family before a revolutionary drug saved her life has turned her ordeal into an Edinburgh Fringe comedy show.

Cystic fibrosis patient turns brush with death into Edinburgh Fringe show

Yvonne Hughes says her life has been transformed after receiving a game-changing cystic fibrosis drug. A Scottish cystic fibrosis patient who wrote goodbye letters to her family before a revolutionary drug saved her life has turned her ordeal into an Edinburgh Fringe comedy show. Yvonne Hughes, 51, from Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire, has lived with cystic fibrosis (CF) – a condition which causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and diges…

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