Susan's Guestbook

Hi Susan! What a year you\'ve had. You have an amazing attitude considering all the challenges you have faced. I hope 2012 will be a much better year for you!! Thanks for letting us know how you\'re doing. Ricki Shine

Susan, my HVJ Green Bay Packer cohort, happen to be in Rock Hill, SC this week, you left me many messages last year, I too have not posted since Christmas 2010 but feel great. I am so sorry you have had all the issues but am unbelievably impressed at your attitude! Maybe we can meet up someday and swap heart stories. Take care, Go Pack, all the way to two in a row and one for the thumb!!!! Joe Fresch Milwaukee

dear Susan, I appreciate your attitude! And I am so thankful that you continue to hang in there. You are an encourager, whether you know it or not. I feel so blessed to be able to do all I can now. Swimming is going so well. (I have been concentrating on technique rather than speed, and my speed has increased without increase in effort.) And I have quit complaining about not being able to run much. I am always concerned when someone is on so many drugs. (Now you are back on statins - I hope you take lots of coenzyme Q10 [liquid form is best]). I will pray for wisdom on the part of your doctors. love, Don F.

Hi Susan, I have just been reading your in depth response to your surgery. I have a heart valve replacement due in the next few weeks. I just wondered - on the very trivial side of things. Could you wear a bra after the operation, When could you sit in a car or drive a car. When could you cuddle and lift your grandchildren again.Did anything particularly help in your recovery? Have you recovered fully? Did the nerve damage heal eventually?

Hey kiddo! Thanks for the post on my blog, the Pack did it, in the playoffs, now anything can happen, they will beat the Eagles, mark my words, then go into Atlanta and beat them, you heard it here first, but don\'t bet the house payment! :) Hope all is going well for you, take care.

Hi Susan! I so appreciate your attitude, espec. after so much adversity from your heart (and in one case, from the medical community!). I almost feel guilty about how well my recovery is going, while you have to start rehab almost from scratch. I doubt if we will ever be in your area, but if we ever are, I hope we can look you up. I consider you a valued friend. Maybe we can swim together! Don

Hi Susan! I\'m so happy to hear you\'re feeling better, you\'ve started cardiac rehab again, and that your mysterious shoulder issue has been diagnosed and will resolve itself. Sounds like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. You\'re right about the laughter thing . . . sometimes it still hurts to laugh but it\'s worth it! I hope your Christmas is as wonderful as Thanksgiving. Ricki

Glad to hear from you again, and thankful that your recovery is back on track. I think your husband is right about your major strength. (Of course he would know better than any of us!) I\'d sure like to meet you in person. Don

Hi Susan Thanks for the update, you are an inspiration to many people. So many new people have signed on, seems like there\'s an epidemic of bad heart valves out there. Your holiday sounds wonderful. Family is what it\'s all about, isn\'t it? Keep healing. Fran