Five years ago, every change in my health status or that of a loved one had the potential…
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Even in normal times, holidays can be a huge vector for illness. Viruses that thrive during the colder…
Earlier this month, I wrote a column about mental health and therapy options available during the…
Oct. 10 was World Mental Health Day. I am a bit late to the party, but with a twice-monthly publishing…
The medical facility at the military base where my husband is stationed is enormous. Almost every specialty…
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where my mom, Holly, received her double-lung transplant, has gone to great…
Receiving a pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis is a life-changing event. Accepting this new reality may initially seem impossible. There…
I’ve been going through a second (Third? Fourth?) wave of grief for all things pre-pandemic. I am still…
Two weeks after my mom, Holly’s, double-lung transplant, she was discharged from the hospital.
The correct way to talk about lung transplantation in relation to pulmonary fibrosis is to call…