“It is only because of your generous gift of life that I am here. This is the hardest letter I…
Articles by Samuel Kirton
In last week’s column, I wrote about the preparations required for my first international vacation since 2019. Since I…
My wife, Susan, and I have traveled around the world by trains, planes, ships, and automobiles finding new adventures. We…
Do you have pets? If so, have they been good companions? Following my diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (…
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…