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				<title>Steve McLean replied to the discussion Using POC on the plane in the forum PF Communities</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:00:22 -0600</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/using-poc-on-the-plane/#post-39323"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Using POC on the plane</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Actually Rove 6 pulse mode POC goes from .210ml on setting 1 to 1.26 ml on setting 6.  This is not even close to 2L.  This is typical confusion caused by DME&#8217;s that want to put put most patients into pulse mode POC&#8217;s which may not be adequate </p>
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				<title>Steve McLean replied to the discussion Vacationing with PF in the forum Treatments and Science</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:38:06 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/vacationing-with-pf/#post-38871"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Vacationing with PF</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Anytime i leave the US I bring all my emergency meds with me. My pulmonologist trusts me enough to only use the emergency supply in a real emergency</p>
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				<title>Steve McLean replied to the discussion Low oxygen because I don&#039;t like what it does for my stamina. in the forum Healthcare Questions</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:17:44 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/low-oxygen-because-i-dont-like-what-it-does-for-my-stamina/#post-35958"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Low oxygen because I don't like what it does for my stamina.</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Certainly not a doctor but 5lpm is high enough to indicate o2 saturation can get pretty low.  That is low enough to be suspicious that without supplemental oxygen your stamina will continue to get lower</p>
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				<title>Steve McLean replied to the discussion Confused and scared in the forum Diagnosis​ ​Information​ ​and​ ​General​ ​Questions</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:51:59 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/confused-and-scared/#post-35579"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> Confused and scared</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Hi Amy,</p>
<p>Having a diagnosis of any type of PF is like being on a roller coaster emotionally.  My experience is similar up to the point that I admitted myself to a hospital through the emergency room ; here in greater Phoenix.  Once there I had access to the staff pulmonologist who managed the interstitial pneumonia while in the hospital. &hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-39871"><a href="https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/confused-and-scared/#post-35579" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Steve McLean replied to the discussion How did you find you had fibrosis? in the forum Welcome Lounge</title>
				<link>https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/how-did-you-find-you-had-fibrosis/#post-35313</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:51:32 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class = "activity-discussion-title-wrap"><a href="https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/how-did-you-find-you-had-fibrosis/#post-35313"><span class="bb-reply-lable">Reply to</span> How did you find you had fibrosis?</a></p> <div class="bb-content-inr-wrap"><p>Mine was entirely by accident and only occured in February 2023.  We were in Maui and my wife came down with pneumonia.  On returning home and caring for her I went back to the gym and had shortness of breath.  My PCP diagnosed pneumonia even though no fever and an x-ray.  The x-ray results among other things diagnosed mild scarring,  Drugs&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-39316"><a href="https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/forums/topic/how-did-you-find-you-had-fibrosis/#post-35313" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Steve McLean became a registered member</title>
				<link>https://pulmonaryfibrosisnews.com/forums/activity/p/39309/</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:24:24 -0500</pubDate>

				
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