Ruth Valenzuela
So well said Tammy. I feel the same way. Bless you!
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Diagnosis: Aortic Stenosis, Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Member Since: October 10, 2014
Member Since: October 10, 2014
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Tammy Pilcher posted an update
10 years ago (October 31, 2015)
It's hard to believe a year has passed since my surgery. I am doing well and continue to feel such immense gratitude.
Thank you, Adam, for using your experience to help so many others facing heart valve surgery. God bless you and your family for what must be countless hours... Read more.
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Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Ruth. I hope you're doing well, too. God bless you, heart sister!
Michele Tracey
Thank you for a wonderful story Tammy! I too trust in the Lord! I pray for peace and guidance of choosing the right doctors and surgeons , and of course for a successful surgery and a very long life ahead of me! I also pray for you my friend, may... Read more.
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Michele. Welcome to the community! I just read your story and it sounds similar to mine (or at least what mine would have probably been if I had been diagnosed at your age). I had known I had a heart murmur since I was 13, but didn't know... Read more.
Enrique K
Tammy, very nice to hear that you are doing well after one year anniversary. Thanks for keeping us appraised of your progress! Take Care and many blessings.
Tammy Pilcher
You're so welcome, Michele, and I look forward to talking to you! I'll send you an e-mail now.
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Enrique. I hope you continue to recover well, too. God bless you, heart brother!
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Robert. Your kindness touches my grateful heart, brother! God bless you!
Melinda Hacker
Oh what a happy day heart sister❤️❤️😀😀❤️❤️!
Meredith Bray
Woot woot! Happy birthday! I hope you had cake!
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Steve. Congratulations on your great recovery and cardio rehab phase 3! That's wonderful and you're so right, we are blessed to have our awesome Father God! God bless you, heart brother!
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Melinda. I'm so happy for you, too! I was just telling a new heart sister, Michele Tracey, in an email about how much you helped me when I first joined this wonderful site. God bless you, heart sister!
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Meredith. I was too full after dinner last night to get my celebration dessert, but I told my husband I'm getting one today! :-) God bless you, heart sister!
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Steve. Your kindness has touched my heart and I pray you are doing well. God bless you, heart brother!
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, Kelly. You will soon have your surgery behind you, too and before you know it a year will have passed. Keeping you in my prayers, heart sister. God bless you!
John Noriega
Tammy congratulations on your 1 year anniversary! It feels great to know we have been able to celebrate life in a new way. I, too, thank our LORD & Savior Jesus Christ for watching over the surgical teams who have been given the training to keep us going.
So, for... Read more.
Tammy Pilcher
Thank you, John. I'm so glad you have done so well, too! I pray your son-in-law is doing well. God bless you, heart brother!
Tammy Pilcher posted a photo
10 years ago (September 8, 2015)
Florida sunset. Trying to learn to take pictures.
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Michael Bowes, Nancy D and
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Boat on the davit and ready to go, great picture
Thanks Tim, our sons were both home today (at the same time) for the first time since Father's Day and were trying to teach me how to take a picture and upload it.
Well done ! Really beautiful! Thanks for sharing ❤️
Thanks Jeanette, you're a sweet heart sister!
"Davit "? In Michigan we call that a "lift". Of course in Michigan it's winter for nine months and then we have three months of damn poor sledding. Nice picture.
Thanks Duane, I actually had to look up "davit" to see what that meant. We call it our boat "lift" too. It seems like I learn something new here every time I log in. Thanks Tim for teaching me a new word.:-)
Tammy Pilcher posted a photo
10 years ago (August 6, 2015)
Finally...my scar picture at 9 months post op.
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Adam Pick, Jim Hernandez and
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You are beautiful!
Thanks Jeanette! :-)
Hope you are feeling as good as you look! So many of us have been given a second chance and it shows.
You look great! And happy 😊
Mas Bonita Tammy!!! Such a great smile!!! Can I post this at our Facebook page? I'm sure this will inspire thousands and thousands of people!!
Great picture Tammy. Looking good!
Great picture, your scar is looking good. It must have been nice having the smaller cut.
Thank you all so much! You all are so kind! Adam, you are welcome to post it on the Facebook page. I would be so happy if it could help someone still waiting for their surgery. Thanks again everybody! I love my heart family! :-)
Looking great Tammy!
Beautiful smile heart sister! Nice scar!
Thanks Bob! :-)
You look wonderful, Tammy. The scar is perfect where it is with that top.
Looks great Tammy. I went back for my first post op on Wednesday. The PA looked at my incision and commented on the several suture ends emerging from it. I thought the little scratchy things I held been feeling were just small bits of scab. EEWWWW!!! creeped me out and... Read more.
Tammy, you look great!!!!!!!!
Thank you all so much! Y'all are so kind! John, it is a small world! Our son likes living over there. There is so much to do and see! What did the PA do about your suture ends emerging? That would have creeped me out too! :-)
Tammy. She poked at them and said "oh, there's some suture ends working their way out" :) but really, she said it's not a problem and they will disappear over time.
Tammy, do you attend a church at home? A young man out of our church here started a church in Destination a couple of years ago. It is called Emarld Coast Baptist. He has a semi regular column in a local paper down there. His name is Timothy Braddock. Just... Read more.
WOW!
Tammy, that should be Destin. We must always remember to spell check our auto coerce.
Thanks Bill! :-) John, we actually drive 25 miles inland to attend the church we've belonged to for 25 years. Even though there are great churches closer, we have family ties to our church. I think I know of the church you're speaking of in Destin (also a great church).... Read more.
Anonymous
Wow, that scar is hardly noticeable. Incredible. You look like you feel healthy too.
Awesome picture! Wish I looked that good EVER!! But the worry lines are gone now that I'm 4 months post-op!
Thank you both so much! Karen, I do feel more healthy now.:-) Linda, I know what you mean about the worry lines being gone now. I think we have more to smile about now! Congrats on 4 months! :-)
Thanks again to Jeanette, Tim, Kelly, Adam, Lynne, Gerald, Rhonda, Bob, Edith, John, Lora Lee, Bill, Karen, and Linda! I really appreciate your very sweet comments! I love this amazing heart family! God bless y'all! :-)
Thanks so much, Janice! "God is a loving God", Amen!!
I'm so thankful to have you as my sister in Christ, as well as my heart sister. "For our hearts shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name.". Psalms 33:21.
Tammy you look wonderful!!!!!! God bless
Thanks so much, Sherry! Prayers and best wishes for your surgery, too! You'll do great! Mine wasn't as bad as I anticipated it would be. God bless you!
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