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  • Le parcours d’André Plouffe avec la fibrose pulmonaire

    André Plouffe de Sainte-Sophie, dans les Laurentides, au Québec vit avec un syndrome Mounier-Kuhn avec fibrose pulmonaire idiopathique. Voici son histoire. Au début de son parcours avec la fibrose pulmonaire […]

    June 14, 2022
    Le parcours d’André Plouffe avec la fibrose pulmonaire
  • Le parcours de John Dennis avec la fibrose pulmonaire

    « Je savoure le fait que je puisse respirer », déclare John Dennis lorsqu’il s’est réveillé après sa greffe d’un seul poumon à l’Hôpital général de Toronto (TGH), début mars […]

    June 14, 2022
    Le parcours de John Dennis avec la fibrose pulmonaire
  • André Plouffe’s Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey

    ***UPDATE DEC 5, 2022: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of André Plouffe on March 19, 2022. André was an inspiration to us all and we […]

    June 14, 2022
    André Plouffe’s Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey
  • John Dennis’ Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey

    “I’m relishing the fact that I can breathe,” declares John Dennis when he woke up after his single-lung transplant at Toronto General Hospital (TGH) in early March 2021. In this […]

    June 14, 2022
    John Dennis’ Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey
  • Jeannie Tom’s Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey

    Jeannie Tom of Toronto, Ontario, lives with pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis (PF) secondary to scleroderma, an auto-immune disease. When she retired from teaching in 2008, she too was quite […]

    June 14, 2022
    Jeannie Tom’s Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey
  • Le parcours de Jeannie Tom avec la fibrose pulmonaire

    Jeannie Tom de Toronto, en Ontario, vit avec une hypertension pulmonaire et une fibrose pulmonaire (FP) secondaire à la sclérodermie, une maladie auto-immune. Lorsqu’elle a pris sa retraite de l’enseignement […]

    June 14, 2022
    Le parcours de Jeannie Tom avec la fibrose pulmonaire
  • Le parcours de Rob Garbutt avec la fibrose pulmonaire

    Rob Garbutt de Winnipeg, au Manitoba, au Canada vit avec la fibrose pulmonaire idiopathique ou FPI (l’un des types les plus courants de fibrose pulmonaire, dont la cause est inconnue). […]

    June 14, 2022
    Le parcours de Rob Garbutt avec la fibrose pulmonaire
  • Le parcours de Naomi Matsushita avec la fibrose pulmonaire

    Naomi Matsushita de Toronto, Ontario, Canada, souffre d’une pneumonie interstitielle, l’un des 200 types de fibrose pulmonaire (FP), ainsi que du syndrome des anti-synthétases, une maladie auto-immune. Voici son histoire. […]

    June 14, 2022
    Le parcours de Naomi Matsushita avec la fibrose pulmonaire
  • Rob Garbutt’s Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey

    Rob Garbutt of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada lived with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) for a remarkable 12 years, before receiving a lung transplant on July 21, 2022. This is his story […]

    June 14, 2022
    Rob Garbutt’s Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey
  • Naomi Matsushita’s Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey

    Naomi Matsushita of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has interstitial pneumonia, one of the 200 types of pulmonary fibrosis (PF), as well as anti-synthetase syndrome, an auto-immune condition. This is her story. […]

    June 14, 2022
    Naomi Matsushita’s Pulmonary Fibrosis Journey

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