Pulmonary Fibrosis News Forums | Rhoda Butler | Activity https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/members/rhobut/activity/ Activity feed for Rhoda Butler. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:03:26 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.20.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9dc63217a8d4ececb6aa81d77ece9938 Rhoda Butler replied to the discussion How to relax with severe breathlessness? in the forum Welcome Lounge https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/how-to-relax-with-severe-breathlessness/#post-35123 Wed, 31 May 2023 14:04:49 -0500 Reply to How to relax with severe breathlessness?

I am so sorry to hear of your frustrations.  My husband was diagnosed with IPF in July of 2021……As with you, it was difficult to see and communicate with the pulmonologists.  Although he was on oxygen with activity, he experienced episodes of severe breathlessness as well……..and many times they attributed it to panic attacks……(I was… Read more

]]> 5c5635a44312e616b87a3bb3247798f9 Rhoda Butler replied to the discussion Covid causing pulmonary fibrosis in the forum Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Pulmonary Fibrosis https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/covid-causing-pulmonary-fibrosis/#post-34674 Sat, 18 Mar 2023 20:08:04 -0500 Reply to Covid causing pulmonary fibrosis

Thank you for your input.  I am beginning to believe things are more nefarious than just good judgement going out the window……..very scary and sad times.

 

]]> c16a6afedc483a9d7bb766a96d5f8859 Rhoda Butler replied to the discussion Covid causing pulmonary fibrosis in the forum Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Pulmonary Fibrosis https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/covid-causing-pulmonary-fibrosis/#post-34638 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:10:57 -0500 Reply to Covid causing pulmonary fibrosis

My husband was diagnosed with IPF in July of 2021. We visited China in 2019 and he came home very sick, supposedly with bronchial infection. Took many rounds of antibiotics to get well. When he was diagnosed in 2021 with the IPF, none of the pulmonologists would even entertain the thought that it might be related to some sort of… Read more

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