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    Ron Reid replied to the topic Self-care: What’s Your “Happy Place” in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 7 months, 1 week ago

    Hi Christie:  Thanks for your comments.  I do have binoculars for birding expeditions but keep an old pair by my chair for feeder birds.  Bird photography is not my thing; so many people now doing it, sometimes with excellent results.  Never enough birds in my life!

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    Ron Reid replied to the topic Self-care: What’s Your “Happy Place” in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 7 months, 2 weeks ago

    My happy place is bird-watching, a hobby that can take you to interesting places anywhere in the world. Living with IPF has trimmed my travel and mobility somewhat, but I can still get out to watch birds frequently around my home turf, using my car as a blind. I can still walk for about a half-mile with the help of my POC, so not completely…[Read more]

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    Ron Reid replied to the topic Occupation-Related IPF in the forum Employment & Pulmonary Fibrosis 9 months, 2 weeks ago

    Exposed to wood dust repeatedly over the 10 years prior to my IPF diagnosis. And I foolishly did not wear a mask. That’s the only factor I can think of that might have triggered my IPF.

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    Ron Reid replied to the topic Rene Hakkenberg ♥️ in the forum In Loving Memory 9 months, 3 weeks ago

    I miss Rene as well – his great sense of humour; his generosity; even his accent. So glad that he lived to see the Guide to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease published – he was one of the 10 patients who contributed greatly to this new guide. So along with all his other life accomplishments, he became a published author…[Read more]

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    Ron Reid replied to the topic 6 Common Complications of Pulmonary Fibrosis in the forum Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness & Advocacy 1 year, 7 months ago

    Hi Charlene:

    Good to know about these complications and to watch for signs of them. But when I followed the link you provided, it only addressed the first complication and did not go further. Is there a way to see the rest of them?

    Ron

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    Ron Reid replied to the topic Hanging Onto Hope as an IPF Patient in the forum Join the Discussion: Welcome to all PF/IPF Patients 1 year, 9 months ago

    A recent book that I found very helpful is With the End in Mind: Dying, Death and Wisdom in an Age of Denial, by Kathryn Mannix.  The author is a physician specializing in palliative care; the book is based around a series of stories of real patients.  Very well written and reassuring; I recommend it highly.  It is published by li…[Read more]

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    Ron Reid replied to the topic Dizziness and IPF in the forum Living with Pulmonary Fibrosis: 50+ 2 years, 1 month ago

    I often experience morning dizziness when I get out of bed, especially if I am moving my head from side to side.  Also get temporary dizziness when bending over.  My oxygen levels are OK; just seems to be something associated with IPF.

     

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    Ron Reid replied to the topic Portable Oxygen Concentators in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions 2 years, 2 months ago

    I might have missed this on the thread, but one very helpful accessory for the Respironics Simply Go Mini concentrator is a backpack for use instead of the usual side strap.  The backpack distributes the weight evenly when you are walking, and has mesh at the bottom to allow for air flow.  If you are still active in walking, etc. it is a g…[Read more]

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    Ron Reid replied to the topic IPF-Related Medication Side Effects: Impact on Skin in the forum Young Adults Living with Pulmonary Fibrosis (40 & Under) 3 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Charlene:

    Another Canadian here – from the Orillia area.  I started Esbriet last spring; much easier to tolerate than Ofev for GI issues, but after I graduated to the full dose, I got a major itchy rash that persisted for months.  At first, only on areas exposed to the sun, although I had been careful to minimize my exposure and to use s…[Read more]

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    Ron Reid became a registered member 3 years, 4 months ago

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      Mark Koziol replied 3 years, 4 months ago

      Hello Ron, thank you for joining your pulmonary fibrosis forum. Welcome!

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