Day 29 of 30 Days of PH Topic: Dealing With The Elephant In The Room This is Skarlette’s Story @skarletteisdead In December 2015, I was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and heart failure. My diagnosis did not come easily. I’d been struggling for…
Day 28 of 30 Days of PH Topic: What PH Has Taught Me This is Jacque’s Story @jacque.wilkinson Even with all the negative that comes with this disease, it has taught me so many things. First, it taught me to slow down. I was an…
Day 27 of 30 Days of PH Topic: Caring for a Child with Pulmonary Hypertension Photos by Nila Buchanan Photography This is Kim’s Story I’m a mother to two fantastic children via adoption. My oldest is a pretty typical child and my youngest is a…
Day 26 of 30 Days of PH Topic: Life Before and After PH This is Karen’s Story @karensawyer3384 My life before IPAH: Hairstylist, Salon owner, traveled, attended concerts, and hair shows. But in 2013, I blacked out on the way to the bathroom. I was…
Day 25 of 30 Days of PH Topic: Surviving PH and Carey Fineman Ziter Syndrome This is Cody’s Story @cody_da_man My PH story is similar to other patients, but I am also extremely different from the rest. My sister and I are the…
Day 24 of 30 Days of PH Topic: My Girlfriend’s Son Has PH This is Galen’s Story The world of PH is still relatively new to me in comparison to my age. I’m 42 now, and I’ve been actively involved in the lives of a…
Day 23 of 30 Days of PH Topic: A Devastating Diagnosis Will Become Riley’s Blessings This is Kelly’s Story @kellylt00 Our daughter Riley is 10 years old and was diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension in 2014, just 4 months after her 4th birthday. It was quite…
Are you a pulmonary hypertension (PH) caregiver? If so, then November has been your special month. Thanksgiving is celebrated this week in the U.S., and all month there has been a focus on PH awareness and on many of you. That’s right — on many of you — because…
Day 22 of 30 Days of PH Topic: How I Cope With PH This is Margarita’s Story @marmarango My name is Margarita Arango. I am 39, and my PAH journey has been a long one. At 19, I experienced symptoms of rheumatoid…
Day 21 of 30 Days of PH Topic: Power In Vulnerability This is Gerry’s Story @_gllangan When I was diagnosed in September 2018, I had severe IPAH and severe congestive heart failure. I was put on an IV infusion pump with Remodulin and it was…
Day 20 of 30 Days of PH Topic: PH Angel Warriors Empowering Advocacy This is Julie’s Story @JulieKeeton The Pulmonary Hypertension Mom life seems like a lifetime ago, but the wounds of how it ravaged Weston’s tiny body are still so fresh in our hearts.
Day 19 of 30 Days of PH Topic: When PH Is In The Family This is Joanne’s Story @Zoanna6464 My PH story is a family one. My mom’s sister, Josephine, died at 23 in 1963. She was newly married, and her symptoms really came…
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