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    Help Pulmonary Hypertension Patient Raise Awareness For World PH Day On May 5th

    Hi, my name is Serena Lawrence. I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (PH) nearly 3 and half years ago at the age of 25. Never heard of PH? Neither had I until I was diagnosed with it, and told I had about 5 years to live.

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    by Serena

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    World PH Day May 5th 2017

    View this video on YouTube
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    Watch to learn why World PH Day, which is on May 5th, is important to me as a PH patient living in Canada. I discuss the struggles many Canadians with Pulmonary Hypertension (and other rare diseases) face when trying to gain access to life-prolonging treatments.

    Please share this video to help me raise awareness for Pulmonary Hypertension. You can follow me at worship-and-tribute.com

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