Luke R Matthews

My DLCO number was 68% on 12/17/18,  58% on 4/16/19, and 69% on 8/16/19. No explanation was given for the changes. As stated above, maybe yours will go back up. My FVC numbers have been stable.

As a side note I started on Ofev and my side effects became worse each month. I talked to my doctor about switching to Esbriet and now have been on it…[Read more]

Hi Charlene,

This is my first post. I have been following the website since very close to my diagnosis of IPF in September 2018. Before my diagnosis I was cold all the time, even in the high humidity of a summer day in south Alabama. It turns out I have an under active thyroid which is  being treated with meds.  I started my IPF treatment on O…[Read more]