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Breathless in Seattle
Kate Salonga represents PHA Canada at the 2025 PH Professional Network Symposium hosted by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (US)....
Kaitlyn Salonga, Patient
Oct 72 min read
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Sickboy Podcast
PHA Canada is proud to collaborate with the Sickboy Podcast (CBC) on a special episode of The Breakdown: “ From Six Months to Tears of...

PHA Canada
Sep 231 min read
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Representation can be subtle, but inclusion can make a big difference.
Taking in stories over this Disability Pride Month has left me both humbled and hopeful. A few weeks ago, I started doing some work for a...
Kaitlyn Salonga, Patient
Aug 71 min read
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From Diagnosis to Advocacy: Heather’s PAH Journey
I was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in June 2024. In hindsight, knowing the symptoms as I do now, I might have had...
PHA Canada
May 292 min read
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Speaking for Candice: A Mother’s Plea for PAH Patients
Hello. My name is Denise Rumbolt and I’d like to tell you about my daughter, Candice. Like any mother, I’ll tell you she’s beautiful,...
PHA Canada
May 262 min read
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Sotatercept Is Not Just Another Medication
My name is Cindy Hayman, and I have been living with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) for the past seven years. I am classified as a...
PHA Canada
May 82 min read
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Left-Sided Heart Disease & Pulmonary Hypertension
I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension in 2019. After tests & procedures, it was determined I likely had group 2 and 3 PH. Group 2...
Dawn Clarke - patient
May 13 min read
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New Faces, Lasting Connections: My First PH Conference Experience
The 2024 Pulmonary Hypertension Patient Symposium in Calgary was my first rodeo, as it were. I started dating my partner Tarya in the...
Simon Goring
Feb 193 min read
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Patient Voice: Angel's Story
Angel Ouellet One day when I was six years old, I saw a favourite teacher at the end of the corridor at school and ran to give them a...
Patient Voice
Jan 162 min read
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Patient Voice: Rose's Story
Rose Jardim When I was 50 years old, I cut myself while shaving my legs. And then the cut just didn’t heal. It developed into a deep...
Patient Voice
Jan 162 min read
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Patient Voice: Tarya's Story
Tarya Morel Looking back, I’ve had difficulties with shortness of breath for as long as I can remember, but it never really occurred to...
Patient Voice
Jan 162 min read
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Traveling with PH: Angele's Family Adventures Across Canada - Blog 4/6
Blog 4/6 - Getting there Guillaume and I love road-tripping! Ever since we met in 2001, we have frequently hit the road in search of...
Angèle Belliveau, Patient
Jul 22, 20244 min read
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Traveling with PH: Angele's Family Adventures Across Canada - Blog 3/6
Blog 3/6 - Easter Seals When a family welcomes a child, many will say that "it takes a village"; I would say the same when someone...
Angèle Belliveau, Patient
Jul 18, 20243 min read
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Traveling with PH: Angele's Family Adventures Across Canada - Blog 2/6
Blog 2/6 - PLANNING Planning is key, as long ahead as possible. I started in December 2023 for a trip in June 2024, and worked on this...
Angèle Belliveau, Patient
Jul 10, 20243 min read
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Traveling with PH: Angele's Family Adventures Across Canada - Blog 1/6
Introduction: Blog 1/6 We are the Belliveau-Thibeault Family from Dieppe, New Brunswick. Â This year we received an opportunity to...
Angèle Belliveau, Patient
Jul 2, 20241 min read
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How Timely Diagnosis Changed My Life
I was a healthy and fit 59-year-old woman living in Winnipeg, MB, at the start of 2020. Then I started feeling like something was wrong....
Mary Senkiw, Patient, Winnipeg, MB
Jun 19, 20242 min read
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Life's Twists and Turns: My Story of Living with PH for Over 40 Years
Hi, my name is Suzanne Martin Wagnell, and I’ve just turned 60 years old in January. My husband and I are both retired and living our...
Suzanne Martin Wagnell, Patient, Larder Lake, ON
Apr 17, 20244 min read
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Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World
Our daughter, Georgiana McAlpine, 10, was fortunate to receive a wish from Make-A-Wish Canada this past July! She was diagnosed with PAH...
Selena McAlpine
Mar 7, 20242 min read
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Managing life with multiple rare diseases
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the body. The most common form of lupus is systemic lupus erythematous (SLE)....
Jas James, Patient, Cobble Hill, BC
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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Living with Scleroderma and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Journey of Rare Resilience
Scleroderma and Pulmonary Hypertension Comorbidities, the simultaneous presence of two or more medical conditions in a patient, present...
Isabelle Lynch, Patient, Laval, QC
Feb 28, 20244 min read
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