Karen Schultz is excited to share her unique perspective as the wife of a primary pulmonary hypertension patient, Tim. For 21 of their 26 years married, she’s been six-minute walking alongside her husband. Peeking out from a five-year hiatus as a registered nurse, Karen chronicles in her column, “My Respiration Situation,” the progress she and Tim have achieved while navigating disease treatment. Karen lives in North Carolina.
Most people will admit to having at least one vice. My worst one is eating sweets — I’d rather have cake for dinner than the actual dinner itself. My husband Tim’s worst vice is nicotine. On our first date,…
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) isn’t a one-size-fits-all disease. Each patient’s diagnostic journey and treatment protocol look different, and the condition’s complexity and severity will vary for everyone. For my husband, Tim, the PAH journey has…
It’s not often that pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients enter a visit with their physician and hear what they want to hear. Many times for my husband, Tim, visits have been a gross reminder of his condition and…
It isn’t often that my husband, Tim, and I attend an appointment with his pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) physician and hear what we’d like. Many times the news is a gross reminder of the condition and how limiting…
“Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.” — Oprah Winfrey It has often struck me how fortunate my husband, Tim, and I have been that…
Tim, my husband with pulmonary hypertension (PH), says on occasion, “It’d be nice to be normal sometimes.” He said that earlier this month, when we took a boat out for the July Fourth weekend. In North Carolina, where…
Having or caring for someone with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can feel like the childhood game Mother, May I? The game starts with each participant standing shoulder to shoulder. A designated “mother” arbitrarily calls on a child…
What a privilege it is to share with you the thoughts, experiences, and feelings from my journey of being a caregiver, wife, and friend to someone living with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). I’m Karen Schultz, and I’ve been…
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