Living at full speed

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Living at full speed

Kerry Geron lives life to its fullest after receiving a double lung transplant. In just 13 months since her transplant, Geron has participated in a 15-mile bicycle ride, played a pick-up game of ice hockey, and continues to workout regularly with weights and yoga. Pulmonary fibrosis is the result of excessive scarring of lung tissue; as the disease progresses the air sacs become replaced by fibrotic tissue. Photographs accompany the article

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01/17/2010
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