My suggestion is to contact the VA and submit a claim under the PACT ACT for Agent Orange exposure and the presumptive conditions associated with it. If your VSO will not assist you then contact any of the service organizations such as the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or Disabled American Veterans. As a last resort contact…

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I am extremely claustrophobic and can only take the thing in my nose for a few hours and have to take a break from it. It’s also very uncomfortable. I wish there was a better way, because I need oxygen more and more as this thing progresses.

U.S. Navy retired for 30 years. VA service connected disabled for IPF under the PACT ACT. I had respiratory issues as far back as the mid 1970s following surgery and throughout my career. I experienced breathing problems with exertion and recovering from multiple surgeries progressively getting worse. 25 years or so ago the VA did a CT…

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I have been on Esbriet for approximately four years now. My IPF has been determined by the VA to have orientation from herbicide exposure from the early 1970s. I began to experience breathing problems recovering from a major surgery in 1977 and anytime I was recovering from general anesthesia. The VA was aware of scarring of my lungs at…

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It has taken me two weeks to complete the 50 hour service on my tractor and zero turn mower. Plus, add a hydraulic top link and hydraulic side link to my tractor. 10 years ago I could complete those tasks easily in a morning. Whenever possible I buy power tools to make those tasks easier. The thing I miss most is walking the perimeter of… Read more

Two of my favorite sports are Sporting Clays and Skeet. At the top of my bucket list was to have my own Skeet Range on my property. Two years ago I made that dream come true. I had it done up correctly and it is a regulation range. I’ve got voice actuated remotes. My favorite skeet guns are Browning XS Skeet over/under shotguns in 20ga and…

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I enjoy shooting. I have my own range on my property and try to get some trigger time daily.

I’ve been testing between 3 and 6 months since diagnosis with IPF in 2020. Each test is becoming more and more difficult to recover from with my lungs hurting with each breath. What is the value in testing when it makes my quality of life a struggle just to give an indication of my lung function capacity? My last test was in October. …

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I am a military retiree and have Tricare For Life/Medicare and am service-connected for IPF. It took nearly 9 months to get approved for Esbriet by the VA. It took another 2 years to see a good result in my PFTs. I was confirmed with IPF by biopsies in April 2020 and have been treated by Mercy system since diagnosed. The VA was funding…

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Suzanne,

Thank you for the kind words. I am fortunate to be living in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas near Beaver Lake and have 100 acres to enjoy. My hobbies keep me going and the goals of building a new home give me something to look forward to. I have a project to see a lifelong dream of my own personal skeet range to be finished by…

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I have always been one needing to stay busy doing something. I refuse to lay down and surrender. I have gotten deeply involved in researching my heritage and it has been very satisfying learning about those that came before me. I spend hours every day studying the period 1860 through 1877 and local history with preference for material…

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This is my first post on this site. I was officially diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in April 2020 by biopsies of both lungs. Turns out the VA was aware of scaring of my lungs for at least ten years prior to the diagnosis. I’ve had lung problems as far back as 1977 and after recovering from surgeries through the years. The current belief…

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