Cystic Fibrosis Podcast

Jerry Cahill chatted with Kathryn Norris about her journey with cystic fibrosis in his latest podcast. Diagnosed at 3 months, Kathryn soon moved back to her mother’s home-country, Spain, where she had a different experience growing up with CF. Because of socialized healthcare, she had a great deal of access to specific medications, but no access to more recently discovered treatments. In her hometown, walking to and from school helped her fit exercise into her daily life, as well as a number of extracurriculars including tennis, swim, roller blading, and more.

Tune in to learn more about Kathryn – her path with CF to a double lung transplant and a liver transplant, why she is studying to be a personal trainer, and how she copes with her disease.

This podcast was made possible through an unrestricted education grant from the Allergan Foundation to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

In the latest CF Podcast, Jerry Cahill sits down to answer some of his colleague’s questions about life post-transplant, specifically about what happens during the one-year checkup. He explains how the doctors put him through a series of tests including, but not limited to, PFTs, blood tests, a 6-minute walk, a lung CAT scan, a bone density test, and more. Tune in to learn more about Jerry’s personal experience with the checkup!

This podcast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Gilead to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

Jerry sat down with Faith Stone in his latest #cysticfibrosis podcast to discuss why she exercises. Faith is a 20 year old CFers who attends West Virginia University. Her parents always encouraged her and her sister to stay active while they were growing up, so dace, tennis, basketball, and track were all a part of her normal routine.

Tune in to learn more about Faith and why she exercises!

This podcast was made possible through an educational grant from Allergan to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

In his latest podcast, Jerry Cahill sat down with Ben James, a 19-year-old college student who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 4 years old. Originally from Chester, VA, Ben now attends Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio where he studies pre-medicine. When he isn’t focusing on school subjects like anatomy and physiology, Ben likes to play basketball and soccer, and also likes to run long distance.

Ben loves the challenge of running long distance for a number of reasons, including building character, facing challenges as an individual, and learning discipline, which helps with his overall medical compliance.

This podcast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

In his latest podcast, Jerry Cahill sits down with Storm Johnson, a 22-year-old CFer who is currently recovering from a double lung transplant at Duke. Before his transplant, Storm’s lung function dropped to 8%.

Tune in to hear about his love of cars, his recent engagement, his journey to transplant, and what his hopes are for his life three weeks post-transplant.

This podcast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Chiesi to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

Today, Jerry interviews Mark Levine, a 48-year-old husband, stepfather, tennis player, traveler, engineer, and cystic fibrosis patient. Mark lost his younger brother, David, to CF at the age of 21. So today, he is extremely active in the CF community. He is a CFF speaker and top fundraiser, is on the board of directors for USACFA who publishes the CF Roundtable newsletter, and was a keynote speaker at Breathe-Con in 2017 and a mini-con facilitator in April 2018.

This podcast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

Originally on the cystic fibrosis podcast series around three years ago, Lizz returns to discuss her life after her double lung transplant in March 2016.

Lizz works for the state and continues to search for adventure at every turn.

This educational podcast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Allergan to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

Faisal is 18 years old and currently resides in Concord, CA. He recently graduated from High School and is headed to college in the fall. Faisal plays soccer for the Diablo FC in the National Premier League and was a member of the Afghanistan U19 National Team.

To learn more about Faisal and the ways he manages his mental well being, please listen to the podcast.

This educational podcast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Chiesi to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

Jerry Cahill, 5 years post transplant, shares the ups and downs of his journey as an organ donor recipient.

This podcast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from GENENTECH to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.

Michael Bramhall

Michael is 24 years old with CF and 5 months post double lung transplant. Michael is from Nebraska, and loves fishing, hunting, exercising, and EMS. Michael also loves the outdoors and helping people. He was diagnosed at 4 months old and has a younger sister who is 20 years old, without CF.

This educational podcast was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Allergan to the Boomer Esiason Foundation.