Interesting visit to UPenn Lung Center

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Hey, Group...

Just back from a visit with my pulmodude, actually one of several of my pulmodudes, at the U Penn Lung Center. I'm going back on the 4th of August for the famous 3-day evaluation. My numbers were mostly steady, one was better, one was worse. And then we talked about my house. I live in a place that was once a sawmill on the grounds of Fort Kern in the late 1700s. It's actually built on an arch over a stream and it's nice to listen to the water and to see trout. BUT the doctor wonders if many years of dust and mold might be driving my IPF since it seems to get better then worse then better on a regular basis. The IPF is there, but would the symptoms be more stable and the spreading slower if I was away from any mold or dust that's probably there. I can't afford to have the place "de-molded" so he suggested I stay out of the house for three months, do the tests again, and see what happens. I don't know if anybody will also accept Jake the farting dog. I was so immersed in thought on the way home I blew through a toll booth. If any of you live in real old places you might want to ask your docs about that.

Bill IPF Halloween '09

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Bill,

When I was first dx with IPF, i lived in one of the old colonial houses built back in the early 1800's. I was told by the pulmo-idiot that I had 3 yrs to live and to go home and Die.After 1 1/2 yrs of getting progressive worse I went to Vanderbilt and had the blood panel done. I do have ph caused by the hp because of long exposure to all the old dust and mold. If you want to get techinacal, I have HP, PF, COPD, GERD, Osteo arthritis, stress fractures, and aracnoiditis. The bone damage due to fall, the rest is due to Bronkitis, ashma etc while ended up as PF.More people have COPD from ashma and bronkitis than from smoking.So if you suffer from sinis or any of the other lung problems please have the panel done. Hopefully you can start getting better and stay stable. Because PF and Copd are exact oppsite conditions you have to have seperate med for each.

A HP PF COPD etc 5/06 60 TN

From: Paradis3 (AT) aol (DOT) com <Paradis3 (AT) aol (DOT) com>Subject: Interesting visit to UPenn Lung CenterTo: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. comDate: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 5:57 PM

Hey, Group...

Just back from a visit with my pulmodude, actually one of several of my pulmodudes, at the U Penn Lung Center. I'm going back on the 4th of August for the famous 3-day evaluation. My numbers were mostly steady, one was better, one was worse. And then we talked about my house. I live in a place that was once a sawmill on the grounds of Fort Kern in the late 1700s. It's actually built on an arch over a stream and it's nice to listen to the water and to see trout. BUT the doctor wonders if many years of dust and mold might be driving my IPF since it seems to get better then worse then better on a regular basis. The IPF is there, but would the symptoms be more stable and the spreading slower if I was away from any mold or dust that's probably there. I can't afford to have the place "de-molded" so he suggested I stay

out of the house for three months, do the tests again, and see what happens. I don't know if anybody will also accept Jake the farting dog. I was so immersed in thought on the way home I blew through a toll booth. If any of you live in real old places you might want to ask your docs about that.

Bill IPF Halloween '09

NE PA

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