Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Mark Bowden | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/mbbowdenmsn-com/activity/ Activity feed for Mark Bowden. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:21:40 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 561a7515efd332ba71716b0b63af1cb2 Mark Bowden replied to the discussion Life span in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/life-span/#post-33773 Sat, 03 Dec 2022 03:11:36 -0600 Reply to Life span

The best advice I every read was from the late Steve Jobs in a  commencement speech he gave at Stanford in 2005, five years before he died of pancreatic cancer. Jobs says we should live each day as if it were our last day, as inevitably that (our last day) will be the case for all of us some day. It’s about attitude. Fix what you can and accept… Read more

]]> 9c81e33020f6f16321bb1e0098b42b73 Mark Bowden replied to the discussion OFEV purchase in the forum Ofev (Nintedanib) https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/ofev-purchase/#post-27502 Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:50:41 -0600 Reply to OFEV purchase

Hello, Byron – I recently was prescribedOfev and am also interested in foreign sources for this highly expensive medicine.  I see online that an India pharmaceutical co. has its on version of nintedanib.  I don’t know there is much difference in price. Still exploring. Meanwhile,  what happened that you are no longer eligible for assistance? I… Read more

]]> f5279d98edb8561ce0a1643c60e2b1f4 Mark Bowden replied to the discussion Life span in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/life-span/#post-27348 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:47:50 -0600 Reply to Life span

Hello, Pam and others – I have been blessed. When I was diagnosed in the spring of 1996 (25 years ago), I could not take more than a few steps without being breathless. I could not shower as the warm, moist air made it impossible to breathe.  I coughed so much my throat was raw. I was prescribed a steroid. The pulmonologist gave me 6 months to… Read more

]]> cb8c38261daa5a3bc8fc629bfdb79d0c Mark Bowden replied to the discussion Ofev Users can Safely take Ofev on a Long Term Basis in the forum Ofev (Nintedanib) https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/ofev-users-can-safely-take-ofev-on-a-long-term-basis/#post-27181 Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:05:14 -0600 Reply to Ofev Users can Safely take Ofev on a Long Term Basis

Hello, Mark K – any insight/ personal experience on when side effects of OFEV commence ? I am finishing my first week on 150 mg. I have read the literature, perhaps too much, as I am Very anxious about this medicine, coming off the starting blocks. Thank you. Mark B

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