Stephen M. Winsett

I have two POCs, one is 8lbs and one is 5lbs.  When I travel, especially long flights, then I use the heavier one as I have 3 batteries for that one. It is a Caire and provides pulse up to five lpm.  I am on oxygen 24/7 but never had a problem with the pulse condensers.    My home unit is continuous though.

I took Ofev 150 xtid for 3 months and had so many gastric problems and pain; I went off it for a week and got much better; so then back on for 3 more months, same problems except now I have developed a fistula between my bladder and colon in November 2022.  Up to then I had lost 40 lbs (which I needed to lose) and food was down to soup and…[Read more]

Hi there, I am a retired Episcopal Priest age 83, and about a year ago I was diagnosed with IPF and put on Ofev.  After four months on Ofev, it had succeeded in giving me a fistula that has become so problematic to cure because of the IPF and no one wants to do real surgery on me.  Anyhow I have read most of the comments on this subject and a…[Read more]