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July 6, 2018July 12, 2018

My Social Life Isn’t Quite What It Appears to Be

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

My social life, based solely on my pictures online, may seem somewhat average for a 20-something-year-old. On my social accounts, you can find pictures of my friends and me; ... Read more

June 29, 2018July 5, 2018

PH Is Messing with My Head: Brain Fog and Migraines

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

Chronic low oxygen levels, sleep-related breathing disorders, lack of proper circulation, and gas exchange impairment are all factors that have contributed to the neurological consequences that have been more ... Read more

June 27, 2018July 3, 2018

Living Without PAH: A Room-By-Room Analysis of What I Take for Granted

Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer

A heart-lung transplant cured my pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and changed the way I interact with my environment. It affected the activities I perform in every room in my ... Read more

June 26, 2018July 12, 2018

My Experience with a Post-PH Depression Diagnosis

Columns, Life With PH -- A Column By Serena Lawrence

I’ve been living with depression nearly my entire life. I remember starting to struggle with overwhelming feelings of sadness and fear around the age of 5. My symptoms started ... Read more

June 22, 2018July 2, 2018

When Summer Weather Causes PH Symptom Flares

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

Growing up with congenital heart disease, I was always advised against overexposure to the hot weather and warned about the effects of staying in the sun for too long. ... Read more

June 20, 2018June 19, 2018

In Defense of Transplant, Part III: Timing the Listing

Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer

Third in a series. Read part one and part two. As I wrote last week, transplant is the only treatment for end-stage pulmonary hypertension (PH). You don’t have end-stage ... Read more

June 15, 2018June 13, 2018

With a Lung Disease, ‘Breathing In and Out’ Isn’t as Simple as It Sounds

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

“Focus on breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth.” ER doctors told me this as I tried slowing my heart rate down after feeling palpitations following my ... Read more

June 13, 2018June 18, 2018

In Defense of Transplant, Part II: Measuring Survival Rates

Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer

Second in a series. Read part one. I’ll be the first to admit that I did not want a transplant. Even when I was dying, I didn’t want a ... Read more

June 8, 2018June 6, 2018

When Flare-ups Trigger Anxiety and Depression

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

“What goes up must come down.” When thinking about pulmonary hypertension and chronic illness, this saying holds so much truth. It is disheartening to come to terms with the ... Read more

June 6, 2018June 5, 2018

In Defense of Transplant: Part I

Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer

First in a series. Lung transplantation has an image problem. People often refer to transplant as the “last resort” or a “backup plan,” terms that connote failure. I’m no public ... Read more

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