Some truly horrific events have occurred in recent weeks. The flash flooding that began in the early hours of July…
Articles by Samuel Kirton
Joy is a simple three-letter word, but it can be elusive at times for those of us in the…
This column is scheduled to publish at 10 a.m. Eastern time on July 10, 2025. Four years earlier at this…
It’s been hotter than usual here in the mid-Atlantic. Temperatures in the upper 90s, flirting with 100 F, plus high…
Being diagnosed in January 2017 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and learning that the disease is chronic, progressive, and…
Later this week, summer arrives. Shortly after that come the dog days of summer, usually recognized as July 3-Aug.
The pulmonary fibrosis (PF) community is made up of people from all walks of life. This disease does not…
If your journey with pulmonary fibrosis were a movie, what best describes the genre? Horror? Comedy? Drama? Reality? Wait,…
I couldn’t decide whether to open my column this week with “I hate this disease” or “This disease simply isn’t…
After my mid-May clinic visit, I made my 130th medication change since my bilateral lung transplant in July 2021. Each…