Chronic Illness Archives | PWTRN

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Going through a Lung Transplant

Dr. Marianne Matzo previously had the pleasure of interviewing Stevan Lemke who talked with us about being diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In this second interview, he takes us through the process of being evaluated for a lung transplant, the wait, the surgery,…

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Would you be part of a Clinical Trial

This week, I had the pleasure to interview Deborah Wright, APRN, CNS who works in the Phase I Program and Clinical Trials Office at the Stephenson Cancer Center in Oklahoma City. We talked about clinical trials, what they are and how they may…

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Living with a Chronic Illness

Imagine if you will, finding yourself increasingly short of breath. Sure, maybe you smoked in the past, maybe you never did. Maybe you could lose a few pounds, maybe not. But for whatever reason, you can’t seem to get a good breath. You…

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What! I have Cancer – OMG

Mary talks about how she felt with the diagnosis and how could this happened to her. All the issues with the many side effects she had. Her self-esteem was so very low.