My life with PH

Tharuka Kossinna is based in Brisbane, Australia, and has been navigating life with pulmonary arterial hypertension since the age of 11. Now 27, he is more active than ever – working full time, playing sports, and even taking snowboarding holidays with his Hickman line. He texplained how it wasn’t always this way, and why it’s important not to give up.

Emily Gravenstede, now 15, was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension as a toddler. Her family have learned a lot about living alongside the disease since, and we caught up with her and mum Lorna to hear their reflections and advice.

When 53-year-old Dawn Sheffield was diagnosed with PH, it came amid a mental health crisis that saw her confined to the house. Discovering a love of music has helped her come to terms with the disease, find her voice and her confidence, and expand her world in a way she never could have imagined.

Nigel Wilson swapped leathers for lenses when he was diagnosed with PAH, taking up photography in place of motorcycling and learning to love a slower pace of life.