Even though my mother also had IPF, they don’t believe mine is familial.  I don’t get that, but my siblings are all aware of the disease and have informed their physicians.  They do insist on X-rays when experiencing lingering coughing, etc.  they are being proactive.

One of my theories is environmental.  My mom was German, born in the early… Read more

Even though my mother also had IPF, they don’t believe mine is familial.  I don’t get that, but my siblings are all aware of the disease and have informed their physicians.  They do insist on X-rays when experiencing lingering coughing, etc.  they are being proactive.

One of my theories is environmental.  My mom was German, born in the early… Read more

I was diagnosed about a year ago just after retiring at age 58.  In some ways I consider myself fortunate in that I was familiar with the disease because my mother had died six years previously at age 70 due to complications of cardiac arrest and pulmonary fibrosis.  Unfortunately she was treated for COPD rather than the pulmonary fibrosis.  I… Read more