Andrea Goldman

My name is Andrea Goldman. I am 34 years old, live in South Florida, love yoga, reading, and delicious food. I am a cystic fibrosis fighting, cancer surviving, double lung transplant surviving diabetic. I have an amazing son Bryce who was born a month before my double lung transplant via gestational carrier. I've been through IVF, surrogacy and late term pregnancy loss. I am currently working my way off of disability by building a career as a residential realtor. I love food, yoga, a good book, time with girlfriends and my family. I plan on being the longest living lung transplant survivor in the world. I am 5 years post transplant, 4 years cancer free and have a long glorious life ahead of myself.

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March 19, 2020

When your camping trip gets canceled, you pitch a tent in your backyard. The ability to adapt to change, adjust to a new reality, let go of what was and create a new sense of normalcy is the secret to happiness. It’s not something you’ll find at the end of a treasure hunt. Happiness is a state of being you create within yourself despite what is going on around you. I’ve been quarantined many times in my life. After lung transplant, I couldn’t leave my apartment for a month, during chemo I stayed home for most of the 4 months and during the countless hospitalizations as a person with cystic...

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How I Adapt to Quarantine Life