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!)

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!