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What to get the lung transplant recipient who has everything.

Filed under Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Friends/Bloggers, Funny asthma stuff, Lung Transplant, Misc, People, Places and Events by Stephen on December 22, 2010 at 8:09 am {one comment}

I normally don’t post excerpts or links to other peoples posts, but this one I couldn’t resist. Like the many others who’ve reposted it, I just love it. Piper, a recent double lung transplant recipient who had Cystic Fibrosis, lists her recommendations for that perfect holiday gift. I especially love the gift of prednisone. Her [...]

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The OTHER Breathinsteven

Filed under Cystic Fibrosis, Inspiration, Lung Transplant, Other Lung diseases, People, Places and Events by Stephen on November 26, 2010 at 9:29 am {7 comments}

His human name is Steve Ferkau, and his story is truly amazing. Related Posts:What to get the lung transplant recipient who has everything.Transplant option back on the tableLife is hard in the FEV1 30′s, but… The meetingThe SARP experience

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Way to go Cris!

Filed under Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Friends/Bloggers, Inspiration, People, Places and Events by Stephen on November 19, 2008 at 2:10 am {2 comments}

Fellow blogger and lung challenged marathoner featured on the CBS evening news. Watch CBS Videos Online Be sure to check out his blog @ Live to run, run to live Related Posts:Training Complete! AlinWhat to get the lung transplant recipient who has everything.The OTHER BreathinstevenHealing Walks

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The Inspiration I needed

Filed under Cystic Fibrosis, Friends/Bloggers, Inspiration, Marathon Training, Other Lung diseases, People, Places and Events, walking events by Stephen on January 30, 2006 at 5:36 pm {one comment}

Ive been himing and hawing about doing this Kaiser Permanente half marathon for over 3 months now. I haven’t been worrying so much about the race itself, but more about the post race aches and pains . Well, today I got the nudge I needed to go for it. Live to Run, Run to Live [...]

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