Jackie Wong shares news of his health challenges and recent 5K

[Debbie S]

I thought this should be shared independently from the skating threads.

Four days, CT scans, MRIs, echocardiograms, and something called a right heart cath where they ran a catheter through a vein and into my heart and lungs to measure stuff, they confirmed that I have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), the thing I was googling while I was in the ER. PAH makes the pulmonary artery, which delivers blood from your heart to your lungs, constrict. And as it gets worse and the artery has to work harder and harder to pump blood, the walls of the artery harden, and things start failing. Mine is the idiopathic kind, which means they have no idea where it came from.

Dealing with the unknown: My battle with an incurable progressive disease — Rocker Skating - Analysis by Jackie Wong

How an early diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension changed my life

www.rockerskating.com

Very brave of Jackie to share his story with his followers and even braver for him to achieve all that he has, despite the diagnosis and all of its challenges. Congratulations to him on the 5K!

 

[Wyliefan]

I had no idea. So thankful he's doing better!

 

[AYS]

I didn't know either, it's a great essay.

 

[skatfan]

Wow what a journey to have…loved the photo of him and the woman who invented his treatment!

 

[livetoskate]

Great to hear and learn more about this medical issue. My friend's husband worked for Rothblatt at United Therapeutics. What a relief that Jackie got the treatments he needed!

 

[barbk]

Thank you so much for sharing this. What a guy.