Category: Guest Column

Darcy’s Blog: Everything I Did to Improve Our Chances of IVF Success

by Gunnar Esiason | Aug 18, 2021 | Family Building, Guest Column

In 2019, the New York Times published an article about how the pineapple is the unofficial symbol...

Darcy’s Blog: Our IVF Process – Timeline, Cost, and All the Nitty Gritty

by Gunnar Esiason | Jul 15, 2021 | Family Building, Guest Column

I still can’t believe I’m lucky enough to be writing a blog about how our IVF worked. I wrote a...

Darcy’s Blog: A Feeding Tube Challenge

by Gunnar Esiason | Feb 9, 2021 | Feeding Tube, Guest Column

Gunnar has asked me to write a blog with my feeding tube recipes for a few years now, but it never...

Catya Kurban: I am Child Life Specialist with Cystic Fibrosis and Received a COVID-19 Vaccine

by Gunnar Esiason | Jan 20, 2021 | Coronavirus, Guest Column

This written interview was completed by Catya Kurban, a young woman living with cystic fibrosis...

I Am a Nurse with Cystic Fibrosis, and I Got The COVID-19 Vaccine

by Gunnar Esiason | Dec 29, 2020 | Coronavirus, Guest Column

This post was written by Megan DiBenedetto. She is 28 with cystic fibrosis from the New York City...

Darcy’s Blog: Fertility Treatments, COVID19, the Salem Witch Trials, and Finding Nemo

by Gunnar Esiason | Apr 15, 2020 | Coronavirus, Guest Column

Darcy is back on the blog! Fertility treatments are one of those elective procedures that have...

Guest Column: The Canadian Quest for Comprehensive Access to CFTR Modulators

by Gunnar Esiason | Feb 28, 2020 | Guest Column

It has been a difficult few months for the Canadian cystic fibrosis community. While our country...

Darcy’s Blog: A Mysterious Health Issue

by Gunnar Esiason | Dec 9, 2019 | Guest Column

I never had asthma until a year and a half ago. One night, Gunnar and I were getting ready to go...

Darcy’s Blog: New Roomies

by Gunnar Esiason | Sep 3, 2019 | Guest Column, Highlight

Darcy and I are writing complimentary blogs this week. We’re posting hers today and mine...

Coverage Tips For Costly Drugs (and other musings on paying for medications with CF) – Part 3, Accumulator Adjustment & Third Party Assistance Programs

by Gunnar Esiason | Jul 9, 2019 | Guest Column

Amy is back with the final installment of her miniseries Coverage Tips for Costly Drugs. Today she...

Coverage Tips for Costly Drugs (and other musings on paying for medications with CF) – Part 2, Medicare

by Gunnar Esiason | Jun 27, 2019 | Guest Column

Amy is back with the second installment of her miniseries Coverage Tips for Costly Drugs. Today...

Coverage Tips for Costly Drugs (and other musings on paying for medications with CF) – Part 1, Private Insurance

by Gunnar Esiason | Jun 21, 2019 | Guest Column

Amy, who generously penned our Drug Development Wednesday series, is back to discuss coverage...

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