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Flying with lung disease

Lung Health | Last Active: Aug 10, 2021 | Replies (13)

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@djallan

I have done 10 000 miles in the last 5 weeks with bad lungs. I fly 1st class, with a POC, I take my own power wheelchair with me and have wipes and wear a mask I'm traveling back and forth from Portland Oregon to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida. 3 weeks for lung transplant evaluation and am currently in the hospital here having just completed iliac artery surgery today. All went well and now on to selection on Thursday I hope.
With care you can travel, my transplant team fully supports my traveling because they know it will fix my lung problems.

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You get around,,that's wonderful. I'm happy your surgery went well. I also went for a lung transplant evaluation,, however I did not qualify. So your lungs do okay with the pressure from the flight? I'm sorry what is a POC?
Thanks for sharing and good luck with the lung transplant evaluation.