Since August, I’ve been irritable, in hermit mode (distressing for an extrovert!), a little depressed and unfulfilled, and having difficulty…
Brad Dell
Brad Dell is Deaf and was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 2 months old in 1993. He received a double-lung transplant from UC San Francisco in January 2017, then cochlear implants nine months later. He lives in Hawaii, where he was raised. Usually he’s traveling the world, chugging coffee, or devouring books. He also pastors Restoration Community Church and serves as the director of community content at BioNews, this site’s publisher.
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Articles by Brad Dell
I Am Proud to Be Youthful
Loureen and I waited for our travel buddies to pass through airport security. Soon, we would be on a plane…
Six months ago, if I had been tied to a very uncomfortable chair and tortured for weeks while interrogators screamed,…
I don’t write much about my work at Bionews Services, which publishes Cystic Fibrosis News Today. I guess doing so…
Rare disease-themed videos glowed on a large screen before an audience of people in wheelchairs, with crutches, and bearing oxygen…
In my senior year of college, I wanted to be just like Dad. He’s a courageous traveler who has…
The Art of Not Helping
My head is in the clouds right now. I took a heavy sleeping aid about half an hour ago, and…
The Kind of Friend We Deserve
When I met Alexander, he was thin, his nose bled a lot, and he had tubes in his ears.
In the days after I got new lungs, I’d pray for the healing to move faster so…
Hi, my name is Brad Dell, and I have clinical anxiety disorder. Well, disorders. Three types. My generalized anxiety disorder…