Do you have pets? If so, have they been good companions? Following my diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (…
Articles by Samuel Kirton
Solutions are seldom permanent. I want you to let that marinate for a minute. When I learned I had…
The journey of a pulmonary fibrosis patient and a post-transplant patient have one big thing in common: We must…
For many years, my relationship to the rare disease community was that I had stepsiblings with ataxia, a…
I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in January 2017 and subsequently received a bilateral lung transplant…
“I’m sorry” is a simple, two-word phrase I’ve used many times. For me, it can take two forms: It can…
When I was diagnosed in January 2017 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), I had gone under anesthesia only…
When I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in early 2017, my care team went to work ensuring my quality of…
Seven years ago, I sat in a hospital examination room in shock. I had just been diagnosed with …
Life with a rare disease is often a journey of discovery. With each test comes the possibility that my healthcare…