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Hi Charlene. I’m here to comfort you and reduce any anxiety that you have about the port catheter. I had one installed when I had to go to dialysis treatments. It is an outpatient procedure. They numb you locally so you are awake during the procedure. You may feel some pressure but no pain. To prevent infection you can not take showers. If […] View
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Biography
Name

Kenneth Overby

Year of Birth

1944

Gender

Male

Location

United States

Relationship

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Short Bio

I am presently a caretaker for my wife who has Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. I am a retired Telecommunication Engineer from AT&T/Lucent Technologies. After retirement, I went to school for Medical billing and coding. I am presently a freelance writer.

Type of Diagnosis

familial/genetic PF

Treatment / Medical Facility

Monitored by a Pulmonary Specialist and Researcher at Mt. Sinai Hospital in NY.

Current medication regimen

My wife is taking mycophenolate which was initially created to prevent lung transplant patients from rejecting the implant. She has been taken off steroids that were prescribed by a NJ Pulmonologist.

Lung transplantation status

to be determined

Supplemental Oxygen

yes

Best advice for PF symptom management

Presently we have ordered genetic tests to see if a mutated gene is causing the problem. My research showed that a mutated CFTR gene might be the problem causing the Pulmonary Fibrosis and a mutated BMPR2 gene might be causing the Pulmonary Hypertension. We were informed that the tests would take about 8 weeks.

Are you currently taking an anti-fibrotic medication?

no

How did you find us?

PF News Website

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

1 year

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