What to get the lung transplant recipient who has everything.

I normally don’t post excerpts or links to other peoples posts, but this one I couldn’t resist. Like the many others who’ve reposted it, I just love it. Piper, a recent double lung transplant recipient who had Cystic Fibrosis, lists her recommendations for that perfect holiday gift. I especially love the gift of prednisone. Her [...]

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The OTHER Breathinsteven

His human name is Steve Ferkau, and his story is truly amazing. Related Posts:What to get the lung transplant recipient who has everything.Life is hard in the FEV1 30′s, but… The meetingThe SARP experienceWay to go Cris!

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Life is hard in the FEV1 30′s, but…

FEV1

Being sick for long periods like this, often has me thinking about lung transplant surgery and how wonderful it would be, at least in my mind, to not have to struggle to breath all the time. This month also marks the one year anniversary of my initial SARP work up, and the infamous meeting of [...]

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The meeting

Before I begin, let me preface this post by saying that I haven’t made up my mind as to whether I would even want lung transplant surgery, should it ever get to that point. I wanted however, to see what some of my Pulmonologists views were on this subject, and to get a feel for [...]

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