View Pulmonary Fibrosis Shared Stories

Read about personal experiences with pulmonary fibrosis and share your own story. Talking about PF can help raise awareness and let others facing the disease know they are not alone.

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Jeanne M.
My brother Vincent Munoz-Plaza was diagnosed with IPF in June 2015, and died one day after my birthday April 5, 2016. His... Read more
Ann B.
I had viral pneumonia when I was 8 years old, in 1955. I had it for probably 4 months. I got it from my mother who had... Read more
Staci D.
My mother passed away of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis a few days ago. She had it for a few years, but was misdiagnosed.... Read more
Ashley G.
My grandmother's name is Virginia and she was 75 years old and had been sick for awhile off and on. December 25th 2018,... Read more
Jane B.
My name is Jane Berry. I am 78 years old and I have Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. I was first diagnosed years ago with COPD. Read more
Mike L.
Today's date is 7/8/2018. I was diagnosed in June of 2015. I am a 65 year old male. I have been on oxygen for 1 year. My... Read more
Carolyn C.
My son was recently diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Apparently he has had it for about four years. He is 59 years old... Read more
Ron S.

Five years ago, I started noticing that I was a little short of breath for a man in his early 60s, but I contributed... Read more
Jim M.
Hello my name is Jim Mcdonald, I'm 60 and along with my wife we live in Fort Worth, TX. I was diagnosed with UIP on biopsy... Read more
Alicia S.
Pulmonary Fibrosis has been in my family on my mothers side for many, many years. Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) has taken too... Read more
Mike O.
I was diagnosed with IPF December 2014, waiting on a double lung transplant list. Read more
Terril M.
I come from a family scarred by IPF. I'm a nurse practitioner, who noticed clubbing of the fingers, when my dad, a... Read more