Jerry Cahill

You Cannot Fail

Jerry’s ultimate goal of ensuring exercise and therapy compliance for those with CF, as well as sharing messages to inspire anyone, no matter their challenges, led him to launch more programs at BEF. His portfolio includes Wind Sprints/CF Podcast a series of brief videos offering tips on exercise, nutrition, traveling and therapies; You Cannot Fail; TRU Heroes CF Nursing Program; Living by Example Mentorship Program; and Big Air Jerry Comic book/Video Series.

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Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 272: Overcoming Physical, Emotional, and Social Barriers with PTLD
Andrea Eisenman is a 57-year-old living with cystic fibrosis who received a double lung transplant in April 2000. 17 years later, she was diagnosed with PTLD, or Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, a type of cancer she had never heard of. After going through chemo for two and a half years, she… Listen In
Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 271: Life with a Rare Disease – Living with PTLD
Jenna Strickland is 32-years-old living with cystic fibrosis and received life-saving double lung transplant in 2015. Just eight months later, she was diagnosed with PTLD, or Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in her throat. Within a year, the cancer returned in her colon and then her sinus and eye.… Listen In
Cystic Fibrosis Podcast 270: 65 and Alive Post-Transplant
During his annual Bike 2 Breathe ride, Jerry Cahill had no idea just how sick he was becoming. What he thought would be a few days in the hospital for monitoring after the event became a stay in the ICU on dialysis 24/7. He needed two more transplants – liver… Listen In

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Coaching Pole Vault is My Passion – and Has Nothing to do with Cystic Fibrosis
I grew up playing sports with my brothers – anything they did, I followed them and tried it out. Unfortunately – and many other people with cystic fibrosis can relate – I was too small for most of the sports my brothers played. My freshman year, I didn’t make the… Read More
Life is great: I am eight years post-transplant
Eight years ago, today, I was granted the gift of life – I was saved with a bilateral lung transplant. April 18th has become a second birthday of sorts to me; a day where I celebrate the milestone of living – and appreciating – another year with my family and… Read More
Quarantine Life
Quarantine. Social distancing. Isolation. These words are very familiar to those of us living with chronic illnesses. I am 63-years-old, eight years post double lung transplant, and immunosuppressed. Living my life regularly can be daunting, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been especially stressful. I live in New York… Read More

Jerry Cahill

You Cannot Fail

Cystic Fibrosis Podcast

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