Yes, it’s possible.  I take Cell Cept and due to COVID the doctor said my PF was progressing so she upped my meds to three in the morning, same at night.  I was getting short of breath and nauseous.  My red and white blood count were going down.  I was sent to a hematologist who showed me a chart and the blood count had started going down… Read more

My situation is pretty much like yours. I do get fatigued but, like you, I take a short rest and good to go.  I sleep on my back with my head elevated a little. I just put the bottom of the pillow under my neck and my head is cradled.  I also have a cough like yours. It comes in spurts.  I also exercise, very slowly, mainly a slow walk on the… Read more

I find using the netti pot is very helpful

Hi Lori, sorry to hear what you’re going through. I know what you’re feeling. I think all on this website do.  My mother died of IPF in 2001.  I was told I had nothing to fear, that it wasn’t hereditary.  In 2016 I finally got a diagnosis of Sjogren’s.  In 2017 they hit me with the bomb that I had IPF.  I was devastated and was told that… Read more

Hi Bob, I’m Willie. I have Sjogren’s and Pulmonary Fibrosis so I’m battling a crippling fatigue and debilitating cough. I’ve just been told I have nodules on my lungs which weren’t there 6 months ago. God only knows what my future holds but I keep plowing through the days doing my best. Nothing seems to help the cough. I’m going to try the… Read more