Transplant

Young teenager Charlie Beeton received a double lung transplant just a few months after being diagnosed with PH – and celebrated his 13th birthday in hospital just nine days later. Here, his mother Claire shares the story of his remarkable recovery.

Catherine Makin from Lancashire had a double lung transplant in January 2020, five years after being diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension at the age of 32.

Paula Massie from Aberdeen received a double lung transplant in 2019, ten years after being diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

In an honest account of her transplant journey, 43-year-old Tamworth racehorse trainer Kirsty Smith shares the story of her new lungs.