The Huffington Post

 It was so wonderful to be back on stage!!! Amen :-)

I wanted to share an article about me that just came out in The Huffington Post!

Click HERE to read the article

xx
Chloe

"Little Lies" Original song by Chloe Temtchine

Little Lies

Hi Wonderful People!

I just released "Little Lies." I hope you enjoy it :-)

This will be one of the songs I will be performing at the 02 Breathe Gala on Nov 7th, in NYC. Hope to see you there!

Click here for the 02 Breathe Gala.


"Little Lies" written by Chloe Temtchine
Produced and mixed by Casey Skinner
Mastered by Mike Rogers
Video by Ivan Raveane

Below is a press release that was written about the show:


'Cosmopolitan' recently published an article that offered a peek inside the roller-coaster mind of a 30-year old female. It chronicled the feelings, rational or not, associated with this milestone age.  The flurry of questions that pinballed in her thoughts included:

    - Do I officially fall into the category of cougar?  Do college kids think I'm old?  Is it creepy if I think they're hot?

    - Will I never be carded again, and if I am, will it be a "courtesy card," like when they card my mom at the liquor store to make her feel better about herself?  She's 60.

    However, for YouTube sensation and the 2011 AVON National and International Songwriting Competition Winner, singer/songwriter Chloe Temtchine, age 30, one question rings loudest in her thoughts: Will I live?

    In February 2013, Ms. Temtchine's album, produced by American Grammy nominee, Greg Camp, was nearing completion, and its national and international promotional tour was imminent, when inexplicably Ms. Temtchine’s personal and professional life were forever altered.  She was rushed to the emergency room due to congestive right-heart failure, the result of a rare life-threatening pulmonary disease, which had quietly and viciously attacked her, leaving her breathless and almost lifeless.

    Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease (PVOD) is a clinicopathologic syndrome that accounts for a small number of cases of pulmonary hypertension.  PVOD is so rare that the largest clinical study in the world consists of 11 cases, 9 of whom died before the year-long study was concluded.

    Although the term “pulmonary veno-occlusive disease” was first used in the 1960’s, the first well-documented case of PVOD was described in 1934 by Dr. Julius Höra of the University of Munich.  It involved a previously healthy 48-year old baker, who died after a year of being diagnosed; he had developed progressive edema, dyspnea, and cyanosis.  Regretfully, the disease has been historically underdiagnosed, possibly because of lack of awareness by clinicians.

    In spite of the grim prognosis, Ms. Temtchine has elected to replace the sirens of death with the beautiful and life-inspiring sounds of music.

    On November 7, 2013, mere months since her diagnosis, Ms. Temtchine, along with her portable oxygen tank, which she affectionately refers to as Steve Martin, will valiantly breathe life back into her music with an intimate live performance at the Pulmonary Hypertension Association O2 breathe Gala, an elegant event honoring the legacy of Dr. Robyn Barst and raising awareness in an effort to find a cure.
   
    What’s more, Ms. Temtchine, a passionate advocate of the Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act of 2013, has been invited to attend a luncheon with Congress on November 12th.  Members of Congress have requested that Ms. Temtchine perform.  They are confident that her remarkable voice and powerful music, which she wrote, recorded, and performs, while linked to an oxygen tank, will send the audience out with their hearts stirred, inspired to fight PH.


    For further information and interviews with Chloe Temtchine, please contact Michael Rhodes 347-688-4511.

The Eiffel Tower

I had such a great time in Maine hanging out with friends and family!

One of the days we were there, Steve Martin decided to go out on his own (see pictures below.) I think he just needed a moment.

From Maine, we ventured to Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, for a visit with the Great Dr. Landzberg and his team. We had a fantastic visit which left me both comforted and much more informed.

Dr. Landzberg made us aware of a few findings on my CT scans that are "not classic of PVOD." This, of course, doesn't confirm that I don't have PVOD, but at least it's a step in the right direction. The only way to confirm it is with an open lung biopsy, which I'm not well enough to undergo at this time. My cousin decided that PVOD stands for "Piss off you Very Odd Disease." I think she's right on with that one! :-)

Yesterday morning I had to have a tube with some sort of camera inserted into my stomach through my nose (what a lovely image it was.) It went in my nose, down my throat and into my stomach and I had to leave it in for 24 hours! Ahhh! The tube came out this morning! What joy! I've never appreciated not having a tube down my throat as much as I do now.

Its purpose is to monitor reflux and any sort of action that goes on in the digestive system. (This test is part of the transplant evaluation.) I thought I was done but there was one more. What a welcome back to NY!!! I'm ready to go back to Maine. The good news is that, as long as I continue to feel well enough,  I can take a break from doctors and focus on music. Amen!!! Looking forward to sharing both my album and all the new music I've written with all of you.


More to come :-)

xx
Chloe

Steve Martin thought he spotted the Eiffel Tower.

 Then he stopped for some Seafood

 Then he took a moment to enjoy the view

 Then he got hungry and stopped for brunch

 Then he decided to watch the sun as it set

Then he decided to make an evening of it and went to listen to some Jazz

Other Happy Moments:

Back On Stage!!!

I have officially completed all of the testing for the transplant evaluation. The next step is for the doctors to review my case and test results to see whether or not I qualify for the surgery. At that point I will have to make a decision. Ahhh!!!

In the meantime, Hunter and I are heading to Boston to visit a doctor for a second opinion and then heading to Maine for a mini vacation so that we can take a breather from all of the craziness.

We're also communicating with doctors in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and at Vanderbilt University who have specifically dealt with PVOD. Our goal is to find out as much as possible about this very rare lung disease in the hopes that something will lead us to believe that I don't have it. And if I do have it, then our hope it to gather as much information as possible.

In the midst of all the insanity, I've decided that it's time to perform again!!! Thank you, Annette Insdorf for the inspiration!

This time, I shall be performing with my sidekick, Steve Martin. He so enjoyed getting all dressed up for the opening of Lovelace, (he wore his favorite tie) so he has asked that I dress him up again for the show. I will, of course, honor his request. :-)

I'm going to be playing on November 7th, at the Gala for Pulmonary Hypertension, celebrating the life of Dr. Robyn Barst. I'm so looking forward to being back on stage and to sharing all the new music I've been writing. This experience, scary as it may be, has been a HUGE musical inspiration!

I'll send out a newsletter with details about the show soon. If you're not signed up for my newsletter and would like to be, please leave your email here: www.chloetemtchine.com

Thank you again for being with me on my journey! More to come...

xx
Chloe

Thank You!!!

Today I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you wonderful people for all of your emails, notes, messages, and texts! It means so much to me to have you with me on this journey! From the bottom of my currently enlarged heart, thank you! :-)

I'll report in soon!

xx
Chloe

Holy Crap!!!

Such a scary time! Holy crap!!

I'm in the midst of being evaluated for a lung transplant. I've been in and out of the hospital doing tests for the past month, meeting with all sorts of doctors who are checking on the status of pretty much every organ in my body to see if I'm essentially "healthy" enough to go through such a complicated and risky surgery.

After meeting with the doctor today I am utterly confused and lost.

I was happy to report the news that I am feeling much better and stronger, that my lung pain, body aches, and cough are gone and that I am a bit less short of breath. Every time I know I'm about to visit a doctor, I build an invisible protective shield around myself and do all that I can to preserve my positive mindset, being that what they say can very quickly drain anyone of all hope. I realize that they're trying to help, and am grateful for that, but somehow I always leave their office with a strong urge to jump off the Empire State Building!!!

Today was no different. I went in there not confused and left there completely lost. My invisible protective shield didn't hold up very well.

The idea is that, although they cannot confirm the diagnosis, the doctors seem to all believe that I have a very rare and terminal lung condition called PVOD (Pulmonary Veno Occlusive Disease). In order to confirm it, I would need to do an open lung biopsy, a procedure which I'm currently not healthy enough to undergo. As a result of this, they feel that my best bet for prolonging my life is to undergo a lung transplant. The issue there, is that the life expectancy is not very promising, and there are millions of other problems that could arise as a result.

My argument was that since I feel so much better, why would I rush into a procedure that is so unsafe and potentially life threatening in itself. Their thought is that my condition will not improve, and will eventually lead to heart failure. If in fact it is PVOD,  "eventually" would come sooner than later. They believe that since I am stronger and feeling better, that this would be a perfect time to undergo such a tough surgery. My chances for survival would be greater.

I'm sitting here not knowing what emotion to have. This whole experience feels so incredibly surreal. I kind of feel like I should just rip off my oxygen, go have glass of wine (really a bottle) then move to Hawaii and pretend that this was all just a terrible dream.

I am going to have to make a decision very soon as to how I'd like to proceed.

Although the doctors wouldn't be with me on this theory, a large part of me believes that somehow my body is healing itself.  As a result, it feels counter intuitive to go through with surgery at this point. The other part of me is scarred shitless that if I don't go through the surgery I may not be around for very long. Right now, the emotion that is in the lead, is the one that feels like I'm healing and therefor should hold off on being listed for a transplant.

What a crazy time! I'm going to think and think and think and feel and feel and feel and let my body help me decide what to do. In the mean time I shall sip on my green juices and pray!!!

Thank you so much for reading this and for being with me on this journey!

xx
Chloe