Most of the conversations in the Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums are about the physical and medical aspects of living…
Charlene Marshall
Charlene Marshall is a fiercely independent 30-something-year-old who can’t sit still. She loves coffee, wine tasting, playing with her dog, and spending time on the beach with her family. She’s a lover of all things travel, and never passes up an opportunity for a dip in the ocean! A proud Canadian, Charlene was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 2016 after 13 months of investigation into sudden shortness of breath, a chronic cough, and unusual fatigue. IPF has forced her to slow down, but she’s slowly learning the value of quality versus quantity in everything she does.
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Articles by Charlene Marshall
A roadblock to your future could be any number of things. Perhaps it is a new skill necessary to advance…
As I sit down to write this column, I am having a difficult day. Following a recent column about…
An emerging healthcare priority in the past decade has been patient-centered care. It is an idea that many facilities…
You may be familiar with the proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” The phrase is believed…
You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who hates pulmonary fibrosis (PF) more than the patients living with it and…
One of my most vivid memories of my late friend Serena Lawrence is when we sat down to discuss my…
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a little-known, complex, and misunderstood rare disease. I hadn’t heard of it before my diagnosis…
In December, I wrote a column about slowly emerging from a month of being sick with pneumonia and the…
These past six weeks have been difficult as I continue to recover from a horrible ordeal with both pneumonia…