Jordan Howard, leading rusher for the Chicago Bears, is launching a fund-raising challenge to honor the 10-year anniversary of his father’s death due to pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The campaign will benefit the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) and the PF community. The challenge relies on a simple chain reaction: Every participant…
Chicago Bears’ Howard Launches Fund-raising Challenge to Honor Father’s Death from PF
What’s it like taking care of someone who’s had a lung transplant? In this video from Gifted Life, 26-year-old Lauren and her mom explain what it’s like looking after someone who has a chronic lung condition and the differences between pre- and post-transplant caregiving. Learn more…
I have a love-hate relationship with the need to be strong on this journey with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It is important to be strong, but I think it is equally important not to show, or attempt to show, strength, especially when you don’t feel very strong. People sometimes…
This video from Adam Karm titled “The Best Mom in the World” is all about the Packer family. Thirty-three-year-old Stephanie Packer was diagnosed with diffuse scleroderma in 2012 and now, as a result, suffers from pulmonary fibrosis. Wondering how you can better manage you pulmonary fibrosis?…
As we head into this New Year I wanted to take some time to thank all the caregivers who help us live with pulmonary fibrosis. It is easy for me to be aware of all I’m dealing with as a result of this illness, and unintentionally minimize the…
Diagnosing pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is complicated. Symptoms can mirror those of other lung disorders like asthma, pulmonary hypertension or chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD). Because of this, six different diagnostic tools are needed for an accurate diagnosis of PF, according to the American Lung Association. 1. Chest x-ray…
In this video from Barnes-Jewish Hospital shared in April 2013, we meet Randy Cooke, a 50-year-old pulmonary fibrosis patient who underwent a double lung transplant. Find out what to expect after a lung transplant. Randy wasn’t surprised when he received his pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis–it was the…
It would be easy to make this column about the difficulties that come with living with IPF. In fact, several possible topics for this post were about just that, including: How exhausting the holidays are with IPF; how shopping for the holidays in large crowds of people sends…
The hormone atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) decreased inflammation and fibrosis in a mouse model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to a Japanese study. The research, “Atrial natriuretic peptide protects against bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis via vascular endothelial cells in mice,” was published in the journal Respiratory Research. Certain…
**This video contains adult language** In this video, weightlifter Tom and his three friends Will, Sam, and Craig, share that they have challenged themselves to eat 100 chicken nuggets. Sounds simple, right? Not quite. They’ll also be performing 100 squats holding 120-kilogram weights, while trying to consume this 4,300-calorie chicken-and-ketchup feast.
