There are a lot of posts on this site of people who have had transplants.  Perhaps for obvious reasons fewer posts from those who haven’t, and perhaps the best picture would be painted by their surviving caretakers.  I had a transplant single lung transplant at 69, two years ago.  I didn’t think I would live more than a few months more, if… Read more

This really depends so much on your personal circumstances.  Do you love or hate your job?  How much do you need the money?  How strenuous is it?  How stressful?  Etc.  In my case my disease progressed and within about 4 years I was on the list for a transplant.  I am a lawyer, so indoor work and no heavy lifting; and I am pretty stress free… Read more

Duke is supposed to be very good.

I had a unilateral lung transplant August 31.  The process of getting on the list involved a lot of tests, but none were too painful.  Just a lot and a nuisance, while (in my case) my health continued to deteriorate.  Fortunately I live nearby the hospital — Cedars-Sinai in LA.

Recovery was much better than I… Read more

Hi,

I am a 69 year old man.  I had a single lung transplant August 31.  So far I am very glad I did.

I had had PF for who knows how long, but was fading fast, over a 6 months period last year.  The Doctors told me that a transplant was my only alternative, and that I should view it more that it would improve my quality of life than extend it,… Read more