Julie's Guestbook

Hello, Julie. I was thinking about you and wondering how you are doing. I hope you are feeling very well! I am doing pretty well. I still am challenged by fatigue and joint pain, but my heart is doing very well. I am working on improving my diet and am confident I can improve. I am so thankful for your friendship and the support you gave to me after my surgery! If you get a chance, please let me know how you are doing. I would love to hear from you! Take care! God bless! Love, Tia Phillips

Hi Julie, I am so happy you are doing well. I had surgery to correct my Ebstein\'s Anomaly last year and am doing fantastic. I was 62 when my valve was corrected. It would be lovely to hear from you. Sue Gardner Columbia, CT

Hello Julie, I just got onto the site after a number of months. I looked in my guestbook and was so pleased to see your message. I am sorry I did not see if sooner, but I must have missed the email announcing it. I would have answered right away if I had known then. It sounds like you are doing really well. Running... that sounds like you are really recovered, and then some. I am so glad to hear of it. How are you doing at this point? I am doing fine as far as my heart and surgery goes. My energy is very slow in improving, but it is slowly getting better. I retired from teaching (special education with way too much paperwork) in December 2011, and I have been getting better little by little since then. I had some other health issues to overcome, but I am confident I will get there at some point. I still keep busy, but I am not up to running. I do walk, though. (We are 16 months beyond our surgeries. Woo hoo!) It is so wonderful to be alive! I hope you are having a fantastic summer! Take care! Love, Tia

Hello Julie, We haven\'t heard from you in a while. I hope you are just taking really good care of yourself and getting plenty of rest. You continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. Tia Phillips

Hi Julie, Good morning from Indiana 9 a.m. or good afternoon to you in London 1 p.m. I hope all is going well for you, that you have had no setbacks, and that you are just taking it easy and spending a leisurely recovery time. My recovery was slowed down by my hospitalization for the bleeding ulcer, but, other than being tired and having swollen ankles and some back pain, I think I am feeling pretty good for 19 days post surgery. It is frustrating not to be able to do everything for myself, like reaching for things on shelves, but I am getting used to it. I keep you in my thoughts and prayers!!! Take care and enjoy your recovery time!!! Tia from Indiana

Julie, I am sending you many prayers, hugs, and kisses from across the pond. I hope you are doing better. Thank you o much for your encouragement. You have got to be an absolutely special young lady. Take good care! Love, Tia