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Diagnosis: Mitral Regurgitation, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Coronary Artery Disease

Member Since: July 10, 2024

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Tammy Gonzalez posted an update
1 year ago (April 19, 2025)
Just an update from my April 2nd surgery with Dr. Gerdisch in Indianapolis. I made it home (Florida) on Saturday April 12th. My daughter spent the week with me. I saw my PCP on Thursday. Everything is great. I'm back to pounding the treadmill again. I spiked a little fever... Read more.
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Ana Brusso
Great and positive post Tammy. So glad your recovery is going well. Please take it one day at a time. Continued good health and God bless you 🙏❤️
David Carney
Hi Tammy, so happy to hear you're back home and feeling so well. It sure is amazing how quickly one can bounce back from major open-heart surgery. All credit to Dr. Gerdisch and his emphasis on a speedy recovery for even us sternotomy patients. In addition the nursing care at... Read more.
Grace Mason
Welcome home! Sounds like you are well on the road to recovery ❤️🩹
Maria DeMarco
Hi Tammy so glad to hear you are having a great recovery 😀 I am not too far from you ,just south of SRQ. I wanted to ask you how you decided between Dr Gillinov and Dr Gerdisch?
Michael Smith
Tammy, glad to hear your recovery is doing well. Sounds like your experience with Dr. Gerdisch was awesome too.
Tammy Gonzalez
Maria, CC was one of the places I went for initial consults. I did have all my testing done there. I might have considered Dr. Gillinov earlier on, but his office told me that he was only doing minimally invasive surgery and passed off to someone else (we were not... Read more.
Tammy Gonzalez posted an update
1 year ago (April 7, 2025)
Well, the marvelous Dr. Marc Gerdisch out of Franciscan Health performed my open heart surgery on Wednesday April 2nd and I was released the following Saturday. He was able to repair both my mitral and tricuspid valves and he didn't have to touch my aorta like he thought he might... Read more.
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Corey Potter
That is great news. I'm headed there tomorrow for a TEE and second opinion. Best wishes in your recovery.
David Carney
Hi Tammy, so glad to hear the surgery went so well and Dr. G was able to repair as opposed to replacing valves. Awesome news on the aorta and getting things unblocked. He sure is a brilliant surgeon with a down to earth, humble attitude. It'll take a bit to... Read more.
Robert Miller
Congrats! Glad to hear the great results. It was also my experience that they give you the worst case scenario but then actually are able to fix things rather than replace, etc.
Carol Montag
Great News! Prayers for your recovery! Thankful to God for the good outcomes!
David Carney
Hi Tammy, did you make it back home yet? How are things going so far? Slow and steady is the way to go! Best wishes in your recovery!
Tammy Gonzalez
Hi David. Yes I made it home on Saturday April 12th. My daughter spent the week with me. I saw my PCP on Thursday. Everything is great. I'm back to pounding the treadmill again. I spiked a little fever a couple of late afternoons right after I got back home,... Read more.
Tammy Gonzalez posted an update
1 year ago (April 1, 2025)
PreOp day complete. Everyone was so fantastic and caring today in preparation for my big day tomorrow. I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 for a 7:30 am surgery. I appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers. I'm ready to get this behind me.
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Robert Miller
Best of luck. Recovery the first few days is a pain with all the wires. But I was looking forward to it to get things fixed... Just me being me, I tried to stay awake as long as I could after they gave me the anesthesia. I didn't last very... Read more.
Deena Z
Almost there Tammy. Soon to be in recovery. You will be beyond exhausted, which is normal. When you wake up from surgery and the ICU nurse gleefully says: "let's get you up and out of bed", you will be saying to yourself seriously?! It's the universal recovery drill and after... Read more.
David Carney
Hi Tammy, glad to hear your PreOp went well and they took great care of you. Diana walked me through the process and even checked in on me after my operation while I recovered. The waiting part was the most difficult for me and it was almost a relief to... Read more.
Jessica F
Sending prayers for a successful surgery and beginning of recovery!
Ana Brusso
Lifting you up in prayer for your successful surgery tomorrow. God bless you Tammy. 🙏❤️
Rose Madura
God bless you on your journey. Praying all goes well! 👍
Sue Maize
Praying for you Tammy—at this moment you are probably in the midst of your surgery so I'm praying God's leading hand guiding your team. 🙏🏻❤️🩹 when you wake up you'll be all better but you won't feel like it—my instructions to myself post-op were "Receive, rest and recover" God bless... Read more.

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