Guest guest Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hello, I found this site a couple months ago and have been just a lurker while I have been having test after test run. Finally, Monday, it was confirmed that I had RA-UIP. I don't know too much about it except the Last DR I saw was pretty good about explaining things. She indicated that the median life expectancy for this is about 2-3 years. That just seems stange to me because I have very little symptoms that anyhting is wrong (slight shortness of breath when exerting). Is this normal? Can I expect the symptoms to come quickly or gradually? I am a 55 year old male in otherwise great shape, so the docs have said I was an excellent lung transplant candidate. But I read on one of the RA web sites that it was hard for RA patients to get approved for transplant becase of the fear the RA would just damage the new lung. Real name is Wayne. I have been enjoying the posts. Glad this site is here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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