After my mid-May clinic visit, I made my 130th medication change since my bilateral lung transplant in July 2021. Each…
Samuel Kirton
Sam Kirton started his column in November 2021 and writes from his home at Lake Anna, Virginia, where he lives with his wife Susan. His diagnosis at age 59 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in January 2017 began a journey of awareness and advocacy. Sam was listed for a lung transplant on March 19, 2021 and received a bilateral lung transplant on July 10, 2021. This was quite the change from his career as a special agent for the Office of Special Investigations and as a corporate security executive. Sam plans to share his journey so you, too, can make every breath count. You can follow Sam’s thoughts on LinkedIn.
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Articles by Samuel Kirton
Leave no stone unturned. This is a basic tenet of any investigation, something I learned very early in my career…
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My adventure continues. At this point, regular readers might be thinking, “What now?” Some may even pause to make some…
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One of the lessons idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has taught me is that not everything will go as planned.
Living with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is not for the faint of heart. That applies equally to patients, caregivers, and…
It was five years ago this month that COVID-19 was beginning to consume the headlines. Around the world, those headlines…
Do you ever have one of those days? You know the kind: Nothing seems to go your way and the…