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  1. What I’ve Learned About Care as a CF Patient and Hospital Administrator

    By John Sackett June 2, 2016

    As a hospital administrator, I try to apply what I've learned from receiving care as a person with CF to provide better health care for my patients.

  2. Trying to Weather the Emotional Storm of Physical Breakdown

    By Samantha Rick June 26, 2018

    My life after a 2011 lung transplant was going along smoothly -- until chronic rejection and the wait for new lungs while hospitalized took me to my physical and emotional limits.

  3. Transitioning Back to Real Life After Hospitalization

    By Somer Love December 15, 2017

    Stress, lack of sleep, and constant interruptions make spending time in the hospital physically and emotionally exhausting. But for me, it’s just as difficult to come home from a hospital stay and get back to “real life.”

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  4. The Pre-wait Waiting Game

    By Dora Nagy September 14, 2015

    Beth Evans, a 48-year-old with CF, is currently playing the lung transplantation “pre-wait waiting game.” She is sick enough to need new lungs, but not quite sick enough to get them just yet.

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    Surgery, Recovery, and Life Post-Transplant

    Lung transplantation is a demanding procedure -- physically and emotionally. Recovery in the hospital can be complicated and slow. Life after a transplant requires a lot of discipline.

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    Surgery and Recovery

    Surgery and recovery involves more than replacing your lungs. The process also includes making the physical and emotional adjustment to life with your new lungs.