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My name is Stefano Pavanello, I live in Northern Italy and my symptoms first started at 6 years-old, I had a continuous cough that no doctor could find the cause of. Only after 3 months at the University Hospital of Bologna did I receive my diagnosis: cystic fibrosis. It was 1973 and the prognosis was very poor at that time. I have always been a dreamer and I immediately started to wait for the day when a lung transplant would become a reality. My dream came true; after 15 years of 24 h oxygen therapy, I received a double lung transplant in April 2012, at the thoracic surgery department of Padua University Hospital. Stefano Pavanello shares his experiences of navigating through the pandemic as a recipient of a lung transplant, and of supporting others as a patient representative. #TogetherWeAreStronger #UnitiCeLaFaremo https://bit.ly/2HVCeop