17, June 2008
· Filed under Starting off
A friend of mine is a great blogger, and I’ve read with interest seeing into her life thinking all the time … well I could do that!
So I’m putting my typing where my mouth is and I’m going to give this a go!
There are bound to be problems and mistakes along the way but hang in there and hopefully we’ll all learn something!
(I’m a perfectionist so mistakes are hard for me to bear!)
I’ve tried to start saying what this blog is going to be about, getting confused how to put a link to a website into the text – pictures that aren’t ancient, it’s a bigger job than I imagined but I hope I will find my voice here… even if I end up being the only one to read it. Hee hee.
(Note to self – send link to husband!)
17, June 2008
· Filed under Pulmonary Hypertension · Tagged child, condition, health, heart, husband, Lolo, lungs
My name is Michelle, I’m, ahem, “mid thirties”, I’m married to the wonderful Simon and we have lovely little girl known as Lolo.
I was born with a condition called Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) – hence the title of my blog, and I want to tell you my story, as it was and is today.
I guess I should say more about PH shouldn’t I?
Okay – let me firstly say I am a layman when it comes to explaining my health situation – I still wear my ‘kiddie’ hat to understand it but I will do my best.
Pulmonary Hypertension is a progressive, often degenerative condition that causes increased blood pressure in the lungs and heart. The heart has to work harder to counter-act the fact that the lungs don’t work as well as they should.
The prognosis of the condition on paper isn’t good – but as I hope to demonstrate that paper isn’t always the strongest substance!
To learn more about the condition from people who really know what they are talking about go to PHA-UK.ORG!
Me – June 2007 – I know I need to find a more recent picture 
Bye for now!
