Annette's Exciting Blog: Sorry that I've been such a bad blogger!

Let me introduce myself...

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

Sorry that I've been such a bad blogger!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

I have absolutely no excuse. I have an idea of what it is....(if you are a man, close your eyes)I think I'm a little low in the estrogen department, if you catch my drift. I'm a bit emotional, but mostly just unmotivated and completely brainless! I can sit for hours and literally stare at the TV. I'm not talking about watching "good" shows like, "All My Children." I'm talking about staring at the TV while watching shows like, "I Survived a Japanese Game Show!" Someone will call to visit and I can't come up with simple words like, "dinner," "vacation" and "frustrated." Pathetic, huh? Well, it should be better in a few days. If not, then, well....I did kind of like that Japanese Game Show show...show show? Crap!