Thursday, December 15, 2011

A busy fall

The past weekend I was in Vienna for a meeting with PH Europe. We were discussing the PH White Paper that PHA Europe has taken initiative to. We were also planning for the forthcoming Rare Disease Day events on February 29, 2012. Another issue on the agenda was the web site Time Matters, a campaign with the purpose to inform about and to create awareness about PH: http://phtimematters.org. Please visit the site and share your story!


Last week we went to the hospital for the 6-MWT and for the third time in a row he walked 411 meters. But compared to his last visit he wasn't that tired after the walk. For the first time he meet a pshysioterapeut, this first meeting the terapeut was asking questions but next time Elliot will do different kinds of tests. Elliots headache that I mentioned in the last blog message is better now since we reduced his Revatio dose from 3 pills a day to 2 pills a day.

This fall I have been working about one day a week with the Swedish PH association. This has been very fruitful and I have meet PH specialists, people from the pharmacy industry and I have got in contacts with patients. During these months I have learnt a lot about PH and about managing an association. This work gives me energy!

The kids are asking where the winter is, in Stockholm, Sweden, we haven't seen a snow flake yet and that is unusual.

I wish you all a Happy Christmas!