[Kenneth Overby]

Charlene,
This was a very interesting article and I concur. Delores has consulted with her cardiologist also and he has communicated with her pulmonary doctor. I noticed that you have been diagnosed with Pulmonary hypertension. In my research I found out that one of the mutated genes that contributed to PAH the most was the BMPR2 gene. So, I had Delores tested for that gene and it came back negative (she didn’t have it). So when we informed the pulmonary doctor of this, she changed the prognosis to Interstitial Disease. Also, if you do in fact have PAH, one of the main test you want your cardiologist to check annually is the one that checks the status of your right ventricle. This is because in the late stages of PAH is the failure of the right ventricle to do its job. Please let me know that you got this message.