so frustrated...major drop in lung function so fast

Has this happened to anyone else? I was always quite healthy with CF..the occasional exacerbation, but oral antibiotics took care of it. FEV always around 60-70. Then, two months ago, I got pretty sick. Fevers, the whole bit. The fevers and chills went away after two weeks of IV antibiotics, but now I still feel like crap (lung wise)! I never really did feel better. My lung function went down to 34% and is staying there. I was put on prednisone for 16 days. That is done now, and it did nothing. I started symbicort at the time I started prednisone too, and I'm still on that. I went in today and the lung function only went up to 39%, so all my docs were disappointed. I had a CT scan, and they said it just looks like a ton of mucus in there. Now back on oral antibiotics for 2 weeks. UGH when will this end?? I'm just starting to wonder if it's just a worsening of CF, and not just a crazy infection that I can't shake. Have you experienced something similar? Did you ever slooooowly get your numbers up? I did go up 5% but my docs said they expected much better after all the prednisone. I just can't believe I'd lose so much function so quickly.. I refuse to believe I can't get some more back but I'm really starting to feel discouraged.
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