Kathy Ilano - phaware® interview 585
Aug 12, 2026
Misdiagnosed at 19, Married After Heart Failure and Living Moment to Moment
Pulmonary hypertension patient, Kathy Ilano believed she’d never marry. Until she met her husband at her high school reunion. Still recovering from heart failure, carrying grief, fear, and a sodium-restricted diet, Kathy disclosed her illness...
Aug 11, 2026
Misdiagnosed at 19, Married After Heart Failure and Living Moment to Moment
Pulmonary hypertension patient, Kathy Ilano believed she’d never marry. Until she met her husband at her high school reunion. Still recovering from heart failure, carrying grief, fear, and a sodium-restricted diet, Kathy disclosed her illness...
Christina Ryan - phaware® interview 584
Aug 5, 2026
She Was the
Caregiver Until Pulmonary Hypertension Made Her the
Patient
For Christine Ryan, being ill wasn’t the hardest part, letting
others care for her was. Diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension
after years of managing scleroderma, she struggled not with
weakness, but with surrender. Used to pushing through
pain...
Aug 4, 2026
She Was the
Caregiver Until Pulmonary Hypertension Made Her the
Patient
For Christine Ryan, being ill wasn’t the hardest part, letting
others care for her was. Diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension
after years of managing scleroderma, she struggled not with
weakness, but with surrender. Used to pushing through
pain...
Amanda Chickie - phaware® interview 583
Jul 29, 2026
The Dream She Lost at 18 and the Child Who Gave It
Back
One of the first questions Amanda Chickie asked after her pulmonary hypertension diagnosis wasn’t about life expectancy, it was about motherhood. The answer devastated her. Told that pregnancy was too dangerous, Amanda reflects on what it means to mourn children...