Research and Development

This is really interesting Katie, thanks for sharing! I’m going to spend some time thoroughly checking out the links this afternoon. Reliable technology will do so much good for our healthcare system in the future, as long as people continue to fund it. Here’s hoping!

Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Charlene.

Wow Peter, what a small world! Great news that you had these scans as part of your diagnosis. Have you had any follow up MRI or CT scans alongside the FVC breath tests or was that solely to enable a diagnosis in your early symptoms? How have you found the support at Sheffield? My Father was initially referred there but found some of the…[Read more]

Thank you for your response Mark, and your kind words. I nearly cheered thin air reading that there are alternatives to FVC tests as they were awful for my Dad, and I never truly trusted how accurate the results would be. I’ll keep you posted, I’m hoping to gain some work experience in this area whilst I’m studying.

Very interesting Katie.  I live in Sheffield and Dr Renshaw, listed as heading ILD research, is my consultant pulmonologist at NGH. Small world.

Yes. NGH gave me MRI and CAT scans as part of my diagnosis.

Hope your wish for a career in ILD research is successful.

Peter

Hello Kate, so happy you are going to pursue a career in research. You certainly have the passion and the writing skills to be an accomplished researcher. Now our forum will have a so called “in” for upcoming research possibilities. Kate, I hated those pft’s before my transplant and still hate them. Your father was not alone. I think people who…[Read more]