Hello! My name is Annette Markin. I'm a 54 year old woman fighting a rare lung disease called, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. I was diagnosed on June 29, 2004 (my husband's birthday). On July 15th I began a treatment called, Flolan. It is administered continuously through a central line that has been surgically implanted in my chest by a portable, battery operated pump. I'm also on oxygen 24/7. As you can imagine, the disease and the medicine are a bit of a challenge. The love and support of my wonderful husband Rod (married 31 years and counting) and our two sons, Nick (28 and married to a beautiful woman named Kara and proud owner of a fat cat named Ivan) and Chris (26 a professional photographer with a goofy dog named Deoje)and other loving family members and friends make this fight less challenging. My faith in God provides me with hope for a cure for this now incurable disease. Please learn more about Pulmonary Hypertension at: www.phassociation.org
Mrs. Markin! I've tracked you down via the lovely internet. I am so glad to hear you're doing well. I read a few entries on your blog and I saw your excellent exercise test results - Great work!!
Not ten minutes ago I finished a lecture on the pharmacology used for PAH. I thought of you (not knowing your diagnosis), googled your name and VOILA! I asked and received.
You're often in my thoughts and yes, I did learn everything I know from my first grade teacher :)
To prove my lack of blog savvy, I am replying back at this old thread. I tried to email you directly from your comment, but I don't think it worked. ? You guessed me correctly... I thought my full name was posted on here before - I wasn't trying to be mysterious! Does this thing show you my email address? It's nwesterc@unmc.edu.
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Missing your movie reviews Annette. I will have about a week in Omaha starting Dec. 4th and I want to see some of the new movies while I'm there.
Mrs. Markin! I've tracked you down via the lovely internet. I am so glad to hear you're doing well. I read a few entries on your blog and I saw your excellent exercise test results - Great work!!
Not ten minutes ago I finished a lecture on the pharmacology used for PAH. I thought of you (not knowing your diagnosis), googled your name and VOILA! I asked and received.
You're often in my thoughts and yes, I did learn everything I know from my first grade teacher :)
Is this Nikki Westeramp? If so, please let me know. Please!!!
To prove my lack of blog savvy, I am replying back at this old thread. I tried to email you directly from your comment, but I don't think it worked. ? You guessed me correctly... I thought my full name was posted on here before - I wasn't trying to be mysterious! Does this thing show you my email address? It's nwesterc@unmc.edu.
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