Irene Byrne

ILFA is pleased to announce our latest patient information leaflet entitled “Acute Exacerbations of Pulmonary Fibrosis”

An acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis is a sudden worsening or ‘flare-up’ of your disease. It causes:

When an acute exacerbation occurs, your doctor will be able to see new changes or scarring on your chest scan.

Click the link to read more.

If you would like to request a printed leaflet, please contact ILFA on 086 871 5264 or email info@ilfa.ie

The Vhi Virtual Women’s Mini Marathon will take place on 19th September 2021.

Entries are now open and you register to walk, jog or run 10k on 19th September 2021 from anywhere in Ireland or even further afield!

If you would like to take part and fundraise for the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association, please call 086 871 5264 or email info@ilfa.ie for a fundraising pack.

We would be delighted to have your support.

Join us online on Friday 18th June at 4pm for a special Let’s Talk: Lung Fibrosis – Questions and Answers session with Dr Abhilash Sahadevan, Interstitial Lung Disease Fellow at St Vincent’s University Hospital.
Please submit questions in advance but bear in mind that personal medical circumstances cannot be discussed in detail.

Email info@ilfa.ie or call 086 871 5264 to register.
We are thrilled to announce a major fundraiser from the Dublin Minor Footballers and Management Team.

“Pedal the Perimeter of Ireland” for the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association will take place on Sunday 25 April.

Please support the Dublin Minor Footballers in their quest if you can! All donations are gratefully received and will support ILFA’s work. Please donate here https://gofund.me/855d368c

Special thanks to David Reynolds, Ger Lyons, and ILFA Patron, Michael Darragh Macauley, for their help bringing this event to fruition.
Click here to see a video from Ger Lyons, Manager of the Dublin Minor Footballers, about the cycle.

Would you like to honour your lung fibrosis healthcare hero by nominting them for a special prize?

ILFA is excited to announce the 2021 Denise Cassidy Memorial Prize for excellence in healthcare. This award recognises and celebrates the kindness, compassion and humanity of a hospital healthcare worker to a lung fibrosis patient or their family. Patients and carers are invited to nominate a person who showed you or your loved one a special act of kindness that helped you cope with your illness better.

If ever there was a year to celebrate our healthcare staff – this is it! Please fill out the nomination form that is included with this newsletter or available on the ILFA website and tell us why your healthcare hero deserves to be honoured. You can nominate a doctor, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, counsellor, dietician, pharmacist, healthcare assistant, member of the chaplaincy team, clerical worker, catering or cleaning staff – in fact anyone who works in healthcare. The more information you can provide, the better as this helps us make the important decision regarding the overall winner. Everyone who is nominated will receive a certificate of excellence and the winner will receive a special commemorative Dublin crystal award.

Denise Cassidy Memorial Prize nomination form 2021

 

ILFA will host an online support group meeting on Friday 23rd April at 4pm.

We will use Zoom’s breakout rooms for people to meet in small groups and have a friendly chat over a cuppa.

We hope you can join us. Please email info@ilfa.ie to register.

Join ILFA for a free online yoga class for lung fibrosis patients and carers with ILFA Ambassador, Michael Darragh Macauley on Wednesday 14th April at 3pm.

This class takes online using Zoom and consists of breathing exercises, stretches and gentle chair and standing exercises. Why not give it a try! All are welcome.

Please call Gemma on 086 871 5264 or email info@ilfa.ie to register in advance for the class. Namaste!