“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 the same physician has cared for him for over 20 years.
My Respiration Situation — Karen Schultz
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.
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When you’ve lived with someone for decades, you feel there’s little about the person that can surprise you. There’s comfort in knowing what to expect. Similarly, it seems that little should surprise me after 20 years of caring for my husband, Tim, who has pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However,…
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 we live, July means one temperature: scorching. Relief comes in a…
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 with orders for movement or action. Before moving, the child must…
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 a registered nurse since I was 20 years old. I met…
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