Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Mike Greenwald | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/mrgreenw/activity/ Activity feed for Mike Greenwald. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:19:10 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 7671d6bdc80a610f272422a7b4cbc786 Mike Greenwald replied to the discussion Mental health and living with PF in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/mental-health-and-living-with-pf/#post-37569 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:20:03 -0500 Reply to Mental health and living with PF

I rely on my faith. The day we are born we are destined to die. And for the vast majority of us we have little to no control over that. But in the time we have on this earth we do have control over how we live our life. I did not choose to have IPF and Emphzemia, but I did chose to smoke. And I strongly suspect that my smoking is…

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]]> 060e029238eb11124e2f643936ab31c4 Mike Greenwald replied to the discussion New to IPF in the forum Using Our Forums https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/new-to-ipf-2/#post-36468 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:36:04 -0600 Reply to New to IPF

I’m into my 4th year now.

]]> c43ce17095c936e63b0089874a6cf7a1 Mike Greenwald replied to the discussion continue OFEV if my CT and PFTS are worsening? in the forum Ofev (Nintedanib) https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/continue-ofev-if-my-ct-and-pfts-are-worsening/#post-36467 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:32:00 -0600 Reply to continue OFEV if my CT and PFTS are worsening?

Charlene,

I am into my 4th year of taking OFEV and since originally starting, my pulmonologist continues to comment that my fibrosis is not worsening. Early on I was deep into looking for other things I could be doing / taking to get a better long term prognosis. What I came upon was Green Tea Extract, which is used in eastern medicine. It is…

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]]> 897203419e521b87a60f9e7dd28beae2 Mike Greenwald replied to the discussion New to IPF in the forum Using Our Forums https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/new-to-ipf-2/#post-36446 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:01:13 -0600 Reply to New to IPF

I’ve been where you are, over a number of years though. I started with a diagnosis of ILD from my PCP, progressed to a diagnosis of IPF from my Pulmonologist, eventually added PAH from my Cardiologist. I am on OFEV (prescribed by my Pulmonologist) and Tyvaso (prescribed by my Cardiologist). I have Humana Medicare Advantage versus…

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]]> 32bbe00c564fef56f88e22d40019b265 Mike Greenwald replied to the discussion Depression in the forum Using Our Forums https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/depression/#post-34982 Fri, 05 May 2023 14:09:18 -0500 Reply to Depression

I was diagnosed with ILD / IPF over two years ago (probably closer to 3) I have been on OFEV for as long. Initially I lost my appetite and with it , and I lost about 20 lbs. I had started with the 150 mg dose and was lowered to the 100 mg dose to try to mitigate the weight loss, It worked, I am maintaining now. Since being diagnosed with IPF… Read more

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