Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | David Merrell | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/merreld/activity/ Activity feed for David Merrell. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:32:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 61e13c81b23c808ddf439b17a670bd2a David Merrell replied to the discussion Possibly genetic cause for my ipf in the forum Familial PF https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/possibly-genetic-cause-for-my-ipf/#post-38057 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 01:36:30 -0500 Reply to Possibly genetic cause for my ipf

My Pulmonologist has referred to my PF as being familial as well. My younger brother had Sarcoidosis,

another lung disease, which led to his receiving a double lung transplant in 2007

]]> e91f33ba1f67918b90d0825379b9e5b2 David Merrell replied to the discussion Wondering why treadmill/ exercise stress oximeter tests not done routinely? in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/wondering-why-treadmill-exercise-stress-oximeter-tests-not-done-routinely/#post-37604 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:50:25 -0600 Reply to Wondering why treadmill/ exercise stress oximeter tests not done routinely?

Hi Larry

I am a 78 year old with IPF and was diagnosed in 2020. I am not a doctor . My pulmonologist told me from the outset to ensure I continued to exercise to help slow the progress of my IPF. My exercise primarily consists of getting out walking every day and the occasional trip to our gym to do some light weight lifting and stretching. I…

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]]> 77c5c283424254b0690976e4a643d758 David Merrell replied to the discussion Pulmonary Fibrosis Secondary to Sarcoidosis in the forum PF Life: Young Adults https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/pulmonary-fibrosis-secondary-to-sarcoidosis/#post-36218 Thu, 23 Nov 2023 18:43:46 -0600 Reply to Pulmonary Fibrosis Secondary to Sarcoidosis

Hi Charlene

This article caught my attention. My younger brother ( who passed away in 2022) had sarcoidosis. In 2007 he had a double lung transplant at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota which resulted in his having 15 more good years. In 2019 he and I and our wives were on a trip to Europe during which time I caught a serious bout of…

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]]> 2fc64369c389f8c6a3f77473ac199cb5 David Merrell 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-34897 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:58:36 -0500 Reply to Ofev Users can Safely take Ofev on a Long Term Basis

I have enjoyed  reading all the emails in this thread and thought it was about time I said something . Who knows when my IPF started? It may have been going on for years but suddenly it just reared its ugly head? I haven’t played ice hockey for the last 12 years as I had a full knee replacement and it didn’t go as well as it should have. But I… Read more

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