Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Jade Mastriano | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/jadetiger68/activity/ Activity feed for Jade Mastriano. Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:37:52 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 98f782ff31e13f511f3341023ce15bdc Jade Mastriano replied to the discussion The Harsh Realities of Lung Transplantation in the forum Lung Transplantation https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/the-harsh-realities-of-lung-transplantation/#post-32578 Sun, 10 Jul 2022 18:27:51 -0500 Reply to The Harsh Realities of Lung Transplantation

  1. Thank you Holly. So glad your transplant turned out well. It’s a hard decision for me to make that I’m not sure I want or can deal with that. I know it’s manageable but not sure I want to lose such a big part of my life. Masks I never could take and to think I’d be stuck wearing them forever I know I’ll have big issue with. I have to go…

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]]> 12aa9d2bb0b0078bc10de957d0d7c158 Jade Mastriano started the discussion Financial help in the forum Using Our Forums https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/financial-help-2/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 18:26:43 -0500 Financial help

Hi. Me and my husband just got married and moved to NC from CT and MA. I had full medicaid when I was there. Not knowing I would get sick we moved here to our dream state. Then we found out the hard way health care help here is almost zero. My husband a disabled vet gets his own medical through the military. Meanwhile me and his son needed… Read more

]]> 5031e804499baf5cb23a602043b5fd99 Jade Mastriano replied to the discussion The Harsh Realities of Lung Transplantation in the forum Lung Transplantation https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/the-harsh-realities-of-lung-transplantation/#post-32574 Sat, 09 Jul 2022 16:01:27 -0500 Reply to The Harsh Realities of Lung Transplantation

I’m 54 years old fitness trainer who got COVID last December. I’m facing lung transplant option. Found out I have PF, Sjögren’s syndrome and onset of emphysema. July 14th a extensive cat scan to see how much damage there is plus lung stress tests. Been on 40 mg prednisone for about a month then tapered off. Down to 20 mg. Plus started… Read more

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