Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | michael-fitzgerald | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/mafitz34/activity/ Activity feed for michael-fitzgerald. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:19:21 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 b2540e9ca008f31c1d71b1142c648555 michael-fitzgerald replied to the discussion New in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/new/#post-38747 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 23:23:15 -0500 Reply to New

I am 91 years old and a retired physician and was diagnosed u years ago and told that I had five years to live and was started on espriet. I have started singing o2 about a year ago. I know that I am slowly progressing but at 91, I consider myself lucky.

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I have had IPF for 7years and have been on perfenadon for that period of time, I am also 91 years old and have attributed fatigue to my age.

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I have a Respionics Simply Go POC that has pulse and constant flow capabilities and have flown overseas several times w/o difficulty and one of my sons lives in Montana at 4000 feet an have spent time in Butte at 8000feet w/o difficulty.  I use continuous flow at night and pulse during the day.  I have flown with Delta and United and overseas… Read more

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