I’m Brad Dell, a 26-year-old, deaf, lung-transplanted dude with cystic fibrosis. When not working to amplify rare disease patient voices at BioNews Services, I'm volunteering in church ministry.
Author: Brad Dell
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Last Saturday was tough. Really tough. Kristina and I have been very optimistic the past few months, but the day just seemed cast in shadows of fear, doubt. We both had issues going on, but nothing big enough to place …
The Better Brad Plan
This is late, but Merry Christmas and Happy New Years! I’ve been neglecting my blog a bit while Kristina was in town these past three weeks. It was such an amazing time. Kristina and I agree it was probably the …
The Sound List
I’m in the car on a long drive home from a day spent in Monterey. My sister is driving, singing along to the radio. Of course, I can’t hear any of it. But she looks so happy. My family doesn’t …
Steps to and from Transplant
One more step, one more step. It is exhilarating to realize I’m walking without focusing on breathing. I get overconfident and add an extra inch to each step, pump my legs just a little faster, oxygen tank bumping along behind …
What now?
I’m officially on the waitlist for a lung transplant! This post is just a brief explanation of the process of getting a lung transplant. So after a 2.5-month evaluation, I received a “lung allocation score” of 42.7. This score is built off …
Sabbath Season
I used to wake up, get dressed, do my medical treatments (various nebulizers and lung exercises), and go straight from my dorm to my cold metal desk in my newspaper’s office to snag a couple hours of editing before the …
The unfairness of being unfair
Beginning in high school, when the severity of my disease clashed terribly with my immaturity, I felt entitled to anger. I wanted to focus on how unfair my disease was, and the well-intentioned attempts by others to lighten my mood …
