Re: To grey

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Hi Grey, Are you going for the stint soon? I will be praying for you. Miss Molly will be fine. Once she sees you again all will be forgotten. God Bless you and be with you. I will be praying for you.

Love and Prayers, Peggy 9/04 ipf

When I said 14 hrs I meant thats how long we were away from the house and thats too long for a little dog to be shut up. Talked to the surgeon thursday of last week about my options. they put stent in about the 10th of may and it improved kidney functions. He talked about going in with a lazer to try and clear up the obstruction but there was a chance that the lazer could burn a hole in tube and if that happened, he would have to open me up to fix it so I chose to get a new stent every 6 months. Procedure does not take long. Waiting for legs to thaw out took a long time. That means 2 nights for molly at the vet. They want you there at 5:30A.M. Nuff said Grey IPF 10/05

Newbie here.... intro and a few questions

Hello all,

I am a newbie here. I, myself, do not have PF but my brother in law

was diagnosed with PF a few days ago. I joined the group to learn

more and for support. My sister is not ready to join as of yet. I

think everyone is still a little shocked right now and may be a

little in denial too. I'm trying to be as supportive as I can, but I

just don't know what to say, I'm stunned. I don't know a lot about PF

as I didn't encounter it while I was working at the hospital, so I am

hoping to learn more through this group.

I don't know much right now because they don't live in the same

state that I do. They are in NC and I am in Indiana. I know that his

pulmonologist wants to do another round of tests in October to see

how it's progressing and to identify which type it is?

I really don't have many details right now and my sister has been

pretty distraught, so I haven't asked much more. I thought I'd let

her try to process this before I ask any more questions.

I do have a few questions though and I'm sure that you guys know a

lot more about it than I. Can some of you tell me what testing they

did on you to confirm it was PF? My BIL never even had a biopsy done.

I'm just curious what testing you all went through before you got a

diagnosis.

I'm sorry if I sound totally ignorant, but this is all new to me and

I'm trying to understand it all so that I can be as supportive and as

informed as possible.

My BIL is 49 and my sister is 50. They've been together since they

were 17 and I know that they are both going through a lot of pain

right now and I'm just trying to help.

Thanks for any info that you can share with me.

Millie