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Diagnosis: Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Member Since: January 8, 2015

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Duane Beeman uploaded a photo
9 years ago (April 28, 2017)
A year and a half ago I was THAT mouse !! Sometimes ya just gotta fight for it.
Hey Duane. I see you haven't lost your sense of humor. I Have not visited this site for some time, so I thought if check in and put in a few words. Life post surgery has been going pretty darn well and I am really grateful. Hope are well too.
Thank you Mr. Garlisi !! I am pretty well up here in the North also. So glad to be alive. Never went back to work. Went into "retirement" mode I guess.
Duane Beeman uploaded a photo
9 years ago (March 23, 2017)
For those of you who were not around in 2015 when I was creating havoc on this board, I wanted to re-share this photo of me during my cardio check up. After this photo was taken I put my shirt back on and stormed out of the office.
Duane...you should have shaved and taken a bath before seeing your doc 😉
Oh Duane! Prior to joining this sight, I frequently read entries as a guest. Once it was time for Craig to have surgery, I joined. Your journal was one that I followed. I remember praying for you, that you'd pull through. It was such an ordeal you went through. I've... Read more.
Hi Duane! I read your journal, very glad you came out the other side with , what seems like, a better you, a better life. I used to LOVE fly fishing on the little Truckee river, your optimism and humor gives me a bit of hope that I may see... Read more.
Ah hA! Good to hear from you Duane. Here's to the Lake (one of my favorite of your stories, how you jumped in and woke up wet and somewhere else...just before your surgery.) I think about you often.
Duane Beeman uploaded a photo
10 years ago (October 13, 2015)
ORGAN DONORS ! I just had to stop and pay my respects over breakfast.
First they save your life and then they feed you.......go figure

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