Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Susan Gibbard | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/nana1/activity/ Activity feed for Susan Gibbard. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:29:45 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 3aa3c686c36e3d8a41a1e99952fc030b Susan Gibbard replied to the discussion Best Lung Center in Northeast USA in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/best-lung-center-in-northeast-usa/#post-35634 Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:39:14 -0500 Reply to Best Lung Center in Northeast USA

I’ve been told by my many doctors including 3 pulmonologists, that at 74, I’m too old to be on a transplant list.

What have others been told? This is very surprising to me.

]]> 421401f87ee60e7557c1ff934143e120 Susan Gibbard posted an update: Regarding the studies for saracatanib, if you qualify […] https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/39948/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:34:25 -0500 Regarding the studies for saracatanib, if you qualify for them, you must be willing and able to travel to either Colorado, New York, Connecticut or Texas. I would love to participate, but it isn’t feasible for me to travel due to financial reasons. I’m retired and rely on social security as my sole income. I was diagnosed with IPF in 2018 and… Read more

]]> 0 bef0f0151048f811d4bef7afd1c04147 Susan Gibbard replied to the discussion Zinc in the Role of Lung Fibrosis in the forum Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness & Advocacy https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/zinc-in-the-role-of-lung-fibrosis/#post-33609 Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:02:12 -0600 Reply to Zinc in the Role of Lung Fibrosis

I noticed in the studies themselves, they are using zinc sulfate, not picolinate. It’s been hard to find and I only found a combo of calcium 1000mg, magnesium 400mg, zinc sulfate 15mg. The directions are to take 3x/day with food.
There are also other precursors to make the zinc effective which are NMN (kinda expensive) and “sirtuins”, found… Read more

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