CF Podcasts

January 28, 2015

Meet Colin (11) and Sean (9) Randles – brothers who are living, breathing, and succeeding with cystic fibrosis. The brothers are active in sports, including baseball and basketball, and are constantly playing games like cops and robbers and tag outside with friends. They both agree that...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 139: Raising a Family with Cystic Fibrosis

by BEF

CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition, Relationships

December 18, 2014

Wise words given to CF mom, Whitney Randles, from her boys’ grandfather: “Special children are only given to special people.” Pat Randle: “My biggest fear is that I outlive my children – simple as that; that shouldn’t be. And I don’t want that to happen. That’s...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 138: Gunnar Esiason – Life After College with Cystic Fibrosis

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, Career World, CF Podcasts, College Life

November 21, 2014

Gunnar Esiason, 23 years old and living with cystic fibrosis, graduated from Boston College in May 2013. Originally planning to attend law school, he realized that he had driven himself into the ground during undergrad – forcing him to alter his plans. Returning home to live...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 137: CF and Exercise with Low FEV’s; Lizz Kaup

by BEF

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

October 5, 2014

“CF and Exercise with Low FEV’s” – Lizz Kaup Lizz Kaup, 34 with CF, born and raised in California and currently living in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Lizz was diagnosed at age 3 and is currently working as a senior social worker at a medium-secure juvenile facility and...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 136: Cystic Fibrosis, Living with it and Enjoying Life

by BEF

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

September 23, 2014

Meet Beau Rich – a 23-year-old filmmaker, actor, writer, musician, and traveler living, breathing, and succeeding with cystic fibrosis. After a series of tests and hospital stays, Beau was diagnosed with CF at six months old. By the age of 11, he took up skateboarding and...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 135: Jerry and Em Bike to Breathe

by BEF

CF Podcasts, Exercise, Fitness & Nutrition

September 8, 2014

The Boomer Esiason Foundation (BEF) is launching its newest Team Boomer event series, Bike to Breathe, which kicks off with Jerry and Em’s Great CF Adventure – a journey that will take the two cystic fibrosis (CF) advocates on a 500-mile bike ride from Cary,...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 134: Traveling with Cystic Fibrosis Pre and Post Transplant

by BEF

CF Podcasts, Lifestyle Adjustments, Lung Transplants

June 27, 2014

“Traveling with Cystic Fibrosis Pre & Post Transplant” – Anna Modlin Anna Modlin, 32 with CF, born and raised in the Bay area and had a double lung transplant on November 22nd 2010. Anna was diagnosed at 18 month of age, had a fairly normal childhood, hospitalized...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 132: Lindsay Shipp, The Power of Exercise and Nutrition with CF

by BEF

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

April 8, 2014

LINDSAY SHIPP, 30 years old from Madison, Wisconsin currently living in San Diego, CA for the past 7 years and studied classical ballet for over 20 years. Lindsay’s hobbies include running, spinning, heated yoga, and nutrition. Lindsay was diagnosed at 9 months of age. “I...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 131: Cystic Fibrosis and Home Spirometry

by BEF

Adulthood and CF, Career World, CF Podcasts

March 26, 2014

Podcast 131 | March 2014 In this podcast, Jerry discusses at-home spirometers, mainly the Spiro PD - a personal spirometer that empowers respiratory patients to monitor their lung function remotely and to comply with medication and treatment protocols. The telemedicine feature allows patients to upload their...

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 130: Streamlining CF Treatments

by BEF

Airway Clearance, CF Podcasts

February 27, 2014

In this episode, we talk to Karen Vega from New York, who is 33 years old with CF, happily married and a mother of 3 always “on the go…” exercise enthusiast, and training for a ½ marathon. Karen never let CF get in the way...

CF Podcasts

CF Podcast 140: Brothers with CF

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 139: Raising a Family with Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 138: Gunnar Esiason – Life After College with Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 137: CF and Exercise with Low FEV’s; Lizz Kaup

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 136: Cystic Fibrosis, Living with it and Enjoying Life

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 135: Jerry and Em Bike to Breathe

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 134: Traveling with Cystic Fibrosis Pre and Post Transplant

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 132: Lindsay Shipp, The Power of Exercise and Nutrition with CF

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 131: Cystic Fibrosis and Home Spirometry

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 130: Streamlining CF Treatments

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