Hi windwalker and all! This is interesting because IPF reminds me of NTM! I never heard of this disease until I got it! Well in 2002 it was the very first time I heard about IPF. That’s when my late husband of 29 years was diagnosed IPF. We lived in NY at the time and I tried to get him the best doctors in NY. But he did not get a transplant and he died 18 months later in 2004. I hope and pray that this will be available soon and people could get some help. He was only 54.:) life goes on! Rita.