Biography

Last Name

Fertitta

Nickname

Buddy38

Age

1938

Gender

Male

Location (Country/State)

Beaumont Tex

What best describes you?

Patient

Short Bio

Diagnosed in 2015 did rehab. X-rays after rehab were clear!!! Thought no more about it until 2020. Wild taking chemotherapy for a BCell lymphoma, I started coughing up blood. After many test ,  few weeks later they said I had I P F. Started on OFEV stayed with no side effects for two years! Then it began to really hit me hard , reducing dosage to 100 mg . I have been on and off according to the way I feel. I have never had a cough!!! I am not on oxygen!!! I do have to limit my activities. I can’t do much!!! I can drive, go to church go out to eat etc!!

Type of Pulmonary Fibrosis?

IPF

How long have you or the person that you are caring for had PF?

8 years

How did you find us?

PF News Website

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