Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Craig Brennan | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/patrick/activity/ Activity feed for Craig Brennan. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:08:19 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 89e3bab7aa8f5323f597bdcc8a21c35f Craig Brennan replied to the discussion oxygen tubing in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/oxygen-tubing/#post-33039 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:41:56 -0500 Reply to oxygen tubing

The solution I chose to fix the kinking problem with my hose is to run the hose beneath and up behind the machine and reconnect it to the mail and therefore when you pull on the holes it doesn’t stream that connection

]]> ecdb277be62a8427b76753cfd18dd18e Craig Brennan replied to the discussion all us old folks with radiation induced pulmonary fibrosis???? in the forum PF Life: 50+ https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/all-us-old-folks-with-radiation-induced-pulmonary-fibrosis/#post-33038 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:39:23 -0500 Reply to all us old folks with radiation induced pulmonary fibrosis????

Hi Anne;
I too am in my senior years (74) to be precise, I too am inflicted with IPF and I too have recently been treated for lung cancer with radiation. This recent treatment with radiation has brought on an extreme exasperation to a point that just walking 50 feet has me gasping for breath. With this said I would say you definitely belong… Read more

]]> eb53c03630768b8cb38b8b31b09f2bfa Craig Brennan replied to the discussion Transplant Age Requirement in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/transplant-age-requirement/#post-31682 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:51:16 -0500 Reply to Transplant Age Requirement

Thank you all for your input regarding single compared to bilateral lung transplant.

]]> af4603901e39fe246cb630b44ec94450 Craig Brennan replied to the discussion Transplant Age Requirement in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/transplant-age-requirement/#post-31633 Sat, 09 Apr 2022 19:58:45 -0500 Reply to Transplant Age Requirement

I have just started the process of being considered for a long transplant I am 73 years old soon to turn 74.  I  have been reasonably able to do most things while on 3% supplemental oxygen and it has only been a week now that I have lost significant lung capacity. My weight is about average for my age I have remained healthy throughout my… Read more

]]> b6297f2ae8f9333db63b62ba8bfc57aa Craig Brennan replied to the discussion Oxygen concentrators and travel in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/oxygen-concentrators-and-travel/#post-28750 Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:51:38 -0500 Reply to Oxygen concentrators and travel

Hi Charlene,

 

It has been some time for me since I actually commented on this site and I just read the above comments regarding traveling with a POC. I have been using an inogen POC since early August 2020 and I am on 3 lts continuously. My issue with this method is it very restrictive in terms of battery life, I am using the battery that… Read more

]]> 032fa56a10d997e4487b7f47f63375c8 Craig Brennan updated their profile https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/27272/ Fri, 21 May 2021 13:59:01 -0500 0 e40411a37956ba9f211ae43321860c57 Craig Brennan posted an update: @pammckee Pam I was diagnosed with IPF 9 years ago this […] https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/26468/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 22:50:11 -0500 @pammckee Pam I was diagnosed with IPF 9 years ago this past February and only started oxygen June 2020 and am still ambulatory with oxygen. I still try to live a full life although the oxygen can be somewhat cumbersome I continue to survive. Please think positive and don’t give in as each day new things are discovered.

]]> 0 e9f5b69cc16d46ce6a091040ac744019 Craig Brennan 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-27379 Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:32:08 -0600 Reply to Ofev Users can Safely take Ofev on a Long Term Basis

Thanks Mark and I meant to say I am a 72 year old male, although I think how I stated my age reflects how really older I am.

]]> 66097cb411da6d446979b0399416ec91 Craig Brennan 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-27034 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:01:44 -0600 Reply to Ofev Users can Safely take Ofev on a Long Term Basis

72 year old male living in Northern NY

]]> b34930c9bc3f13454d291c2d1efea468 Craig Brennan 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-27033 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:00:56 -0600 Reply to Ofev Users can Safely take Ofev on a Long Term Basis

Hi Mark I am a  year old male living in Northern NY (I not worried about going to hell as I’M told I already live there) and I was diagnosed with IPF in February 2012. It was by chance they found it after my attending physician ordered a c-scan with contrast as they could see enlarged limp nodes surrounding the lungs . I was living a normal… Read more

]]> 578303ce0ad8263366d011df02ef8280 Craig Brennan posted an update: Well I have now lived nearly 9 years with the knowledge […] https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/23790/ Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:21:57 -0600 Well I have now lived nearly 9 years with the knowledge of having IPF and I don’t have to tell any of you the adjustments I had to make to life in general. I first had to get my head on straight and then I tried to educate myself on the disease as best I could. For the first 8 years I had been virtually A symptomatic and I was going about life… Read more

]]> 0 84b08dfa3fd3ecd7655dbd5607d83c03 Craig Brennan posted an update: Hi Charlene Regarding phlegm and IPF I too have a […] https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/7578/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 12:45:45 -0600 Hi Charlene
Regarding phlegm and IPF I too have a great deal of phlegm not so much during rest but daily sitting or active. I was diagnosed with IPF in January of 2012 and do not require supplemental oxygen to date. I did however radically alter my diet eating far more vegetables and illuminating carbs and bad sugars. I will soon turn 71 and… Read more

]]> 1 8f0b859a870ecaf63a43f3cb670a20e3 Craig Brennan posted a new activity comment https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/5082/#acomment-5125 Sun, 26 Aug 2018 18:47:56 -0500 You are welcome Charlene. I have a 65 year old female friend who was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis before I was and last month one of her lungs collapsed due to a hole created from scaring. She has been in and out of the hospital for almost a month now and it still not fully healed. I guess this hit me rather hard as like me… Read more

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