Patient Stories Blog – Page 4

Yes!!! I have an update about Traver!!!

Yes! We have a new surgery update to share about Traver!

Holy Moly!

Congrats to Marylin Canon, a mitral valve patient in the HeartValveSurgery.com community, who celebrated her 70th birthday with yummy sweets and a new HVS hat.

Donna Hartley has struggled with many health challenges during her life - malnourishment, heart disease, a plane crash, cancer and then... more heart disease.

To keep 2021 going in the right direction, I have some joyful news to share with the HeartValveSurgery.com community.

It never gets old. The joy. The happiness. That special feeling when I open my email and see a patient success story from the HeartValveSurgery.com community.

There is nothing better than an extraordinary patient success story. For example, this story of Kathy Chelton, Carter Chelton (her son), and Dr. Marc Gillinov (their surgeon) made me smile from ear-to-ear. Here is what Kathy, from Liberty, Missouri, wrote to me:

I love when patients in our community send me their success stories. For example, Frank Collura just brought a smile to my face. Here's what Frank emailed me:

During these challenging times of uncertainty, confusion and disbelief caused by COVID-19, I was lucky to just experience an unexpected and inspirational moment thanks to John Roland and Larry Manshel.

My heart warms anytime the patients in our community connect in person. I love seeing their smiling faces. I love seeing their hugs. I love knowing that their friendships continue into the future as their valve disease fades to the past.

Thanks to John O'Neill, the new year could not have started any better for our community.

The favorite part of my work as a patient advocate is connecting with the wonderful patients in our community.

Bill Legard is a very active 59-year old. He's a skydiver, a pilot, an entrepreneur and Bill makes parachutes for a living. On a recent hike in Indonesia, Bill struggled with shortness of breath. His cardiologist diagnosed Bill with severe aortic stenosis, a life-threatening form of heart valve disease.

Shortly after sharing this post about a cow valve replacement t-shirt, our Facebook page went bonkers with over 1,600 Facebook Likes.

The support and the encouragement that the patients in our community provide each other is simply amazing!

Ya just gotta see it... To love it.

Ya gotta love this...

With all the great results coming out about the low-risk TAVR clinical trials, I am very excited to share the patient success story of Jean Frank.

Unbelievable!