BEF, Author at The Boomer Esiason Foundation

April 26, 2017

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...

CF Podcast 166: Cystic Fibrosis & Mental Well-Being

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, CF Podcasts, Lifestyle Adjustments, Relationships

April 26, 2017

Currently residing in North Carolina, Adriane and her husband, Peter, are parents of three children: Alexis, 7, Andrew, 4.5, and Olivia, who passed away six years ago from a rare heart disease. When they found out that Andrew had cystic fibrosis, they leaned on close...

CF Podcast 165: Denise Horgan’s Life Post-Double Lung Transplant

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition, Lifestyle Adjustments, Lung Transplants

April 26, 2017

In this cystic fibrosis podcast, we meet Denise – a 41-year-old County Kerry, Ireland native who is living, breathing, and succeeding in New York. Three years ago, she received a life-saving double lung transplant, which she says was a bittersweet moment… to know that someone...

CF Podcast 164: CF Spartan, Honoring the Loss of My Brother with Chris Love

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition, Relationships

April 26, 2017

In this podcast, we meet 26-year-old CFer, Chris Love, who is a videographer, guitarist, and avid Spartan racer living in New Jersey. Diagnosed at birth, Chris always looked up to his brother and best friend, Patrick. From the time they were young, they did everything...

CF Podcast 163: Strength and Fitness in CF Care with Will Schlucter

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, Career World, CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition

December 16, 2016

In this podcast we meet Will Schlucter, a 26 year-old CF patient who owns his own gym, Will Power Strength and Conditioning. After years during his youth of taking breaks during athletics, Will decided, as an adult, to push through his coughing, expand his limits,...

CF Podcast 162: Brayden Merrill, #MyFitCFLife Contest Winner

by BEF

CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition

September 22, 2016

Today, you will meet Brayden Merrill, a 14-year-old with cystic fibrosis who stays healthy by playing soccer, track, and cross country. For someone so young, he is very open about his disease and uses it as a reason to train harder – uses it to...

CF Podcast 161: Sabrina Walker, Cystic Fibrosis Patient and Cancer Survivor

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, Airway Clearance, CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition, Lifestyle Adjustments

September 8, 2016

Today, we meet Sabrina Walker who is 30 years old living, breathing, and succeeding with cystic fibrosis in Anchorage, Alaska. Growing up, her parents encouraged her to stay active and play sports – not allowing her to make excuses about why CF would stop her....

CF Podcast 160: Jumping the Fear of CF with Callie Deanda

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition, Lifestyle Adjustments

July 28, 2016

About Callie Deanda: 20 years old with CF, athletic, attending college, and from Tennesse Hobbies include soccer (plays on varsity team), hiking, cross-stitching Watching Buffy & Vampire Slayer with friends, and Callie is a huge Sporting Clays fan Callie believes that we all need to...

CF Podcast 159: Cystic Fibrosis Medical Support Team

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition, Hospitals vs. Home Care

June 16, 2016

In this podcast, we hear from Jerry’s CF medical team about his journey with CF and life post-transplant. They share how they work as a team to make patients with CF feel cared for and supported. For Jerry, because of the extensive amount of time...

CF Podcast 158: CF Support Systems – Jerry’s Life as a Pole Vault Coach

by BEF

Career World, CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition, Relationships

June 5, 2016

In this podcast, we meet some of “Jerry’s kids” – the young athletes he dedicates a great deal of his time to coaching in the sport of pole vault. Just as in his professional life, Jerry runs a tight ship… something his kids would heartily...

Author: BEF

CF Podcast 167: CF: Living Life with a Terminal Illness

CF Podcast 166: Cystic Fibrosis & Mental Well-Being

CF Podcast 165: Denise Horgan’s Life Post-Double Lung Transplant

CF Podcast 164: CF Spartan, Honoring the Loss of My Brother with Chris Love

CF Podcast 163: Strength and Fitness in CF Care with Will Schlucter

CF Podcast 162: Brayden Merrill, #MyFitCFLife Contest Winner

CF Podcast 161: Sabrina Walker, Cystic Fibrosis Patient and Cancer Survivor

CF Podcast 160: Jumping the Fear of CF with Callie Deanda

CF Podcast 159: Cystic Fibrosis Medical Support Team

CF Podcast 158: CF Support Systems – Jerry’s Life as a Pole Vault Coach

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