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tracy westposted an update

332 days ago

Valerie Allen, Darrell Malone, Fidel Martínez Ruiz and 1 other reacted to this

hello everyone I'm just checking in

Fidel Martínez Ruiz

Michael Ponzio Hi. Hope all. Is well.

Ana Brusso Good to hear from you Tracy. Blessings 🙏❤️

tracy westposted an update

697 days ago

Jovan Dumas, Darrell Malone, Yumiko Ishida and 3 others reacted to this

Hello everyone I know that I have not been on in a while this is my tenth year heart anniversary I had a aorta valve replacement .

Rose Madura Happy Anniversary!

Valerie Allen Happy Anniversary! Hope you are doing great!

Isabella Heart Wonderful Tracy!

Rich Butela Happy Anniversary !

Ana Brusso Happy anniversary Tracy. God bless you

Barbara deLoache Wow. Happy Anniversary! Good for you! My goal is to have a ten year anniversary too!

Dan S-otts Happy Anniversary! 🎉🎈🎊💔❤️‍🩹❤️

tracy westposted an update

1061 days ago

Donna Casaletto, Alice Williams, Ed Eller reacted to this

I'm so happy to say it's my 9th year since my open heart surgery at the cleveland clinic I'm so thankful to all who help me . I;m doing well

Marie Myers Always good to hear from a long-timer!! Happy Anniversary!

Jason Hyrup Hi Tracy

How is your valve holding up after the last 9 years? Is there any signs of wear going on? What valve did you get. Did your iron, and the other issues you had, go back to normal? If so how long did it take to stablize.

I hope your valve lasts another 9 years or more. I'm also going to have my aorta valve replaced soon. Just trying to get info from people, that had a valve replaced. long term recovery storys. Any info you can share would be awesome...
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Pamela Gregory Congratulations Tracy!!! Wonderful to know you are going strong

Ana Brusso Happy anniversary Tracy, and many more in good health. God bless you 🙏❤️

Greg Lewis Congratulations! Hang in there!

Rose Madura Congratulations Tracy. Love hearing about your journey. Glad all is well!

Joyce Shelby That is fantastic! Congratulations Tracy!

tracy west Thank you all. and yes, I have to get another surgery my doctor said they can go up the groin.

tracy westposted an update

1061 days ago

Hello everyone I hope everyone is doing good

tracy westposted an update

1428 days ago

Miriam Alejos, Adam Pick, Susan Lynn reacted to this

Hello everyone tomorrow is my 8th heart heart anniversary I'm so blessed and Happy to be here

Mary Milewski

Ginny Turner Congratulations on your 8th Anniversary! That's wonderful!

Susan Lynn Yay!!! Happy 8th Anniversary, Tracy!!! Celebrate!

Deb Yednak Congrats Stacy! Good for you. Im coming up on my 3 month anniversary on March 7, and like you so gl ... Read more

Deb Yednak Congrats Stacy! Good for you. Im coming up on my 3 month anniversary on March 7, and like you so glad to be alive even though I still have a "yucky" day once in a while. Wish you the best and many many more years to come!!

Congratulations Stacy, we are grateful you are here too. Continued good health and God bless you

Rose Madura Wonderful and congratulations

Patsy Stewart Happy Anniversary, Tracy! Your smile says it all! I wish you many more blessed years ahead! ~❤️

tracy westposted a journal

3634 days ago

Elaine Cutri, Angela Hicks reacted to this

HI EVERYONE' IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT STILL GOING THREW NOT FEELING SO GOOD I GOT CHF I THOUGHT IT WAS A COLD BUT NOT AT ALL ITS GOING ON TWO YEARS THIS MARCH ...Read more

HI EVERYONE' IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT STILL GOING THREW NOT FEELING SO GOOD I GOT CHF I THOUGHT IT WAS A COLD BUT NOT AT ALL ITS GOING ON TWO YEARS THIS MARCH THE 4TH I JUST THANK GOD THAT IM HERE

tracy westposted a journal

3984 days ago

Meredith Bray, Pam Driggs reacted to this

Hello to everyone it,s a year ago today since my open heart surgery so i say happy re-birthday to me .I;m still going threw somethings but till feeling blessed ...Read more

Hello to everyone it,s a year ago today since my open heart surgery so i say happy re-birthday to me .I;m still going threw somethings but till feeling blessed i go for my yearly checkup i hope and pray everything go well also thank you all for the prayers and good advised that you have given me .

LaDonna Mangile Congratulations....on your first anniversary! Wishing you many more.

Lewis Garlisi Hope things go much more smoothly for you this year, and many more.

Tim Goff Great job Tracy

Meredith Bray Today is my one year anniversary as well. I guess I didn't know how sick I was until I started to ge ... Read more

Meredith Bray Today is my one year anniversary as well. I guess I didn't know how sick I was until I started to get better. I'm very thankful and grateful for science and prayer today! (Well, every day!)

Janet R May God bless you with many more healthy years.

tracy west Thank you to everyone for the wonderful words !!!!!!

tracy west Oh my goodness with everything going on with me this year going in and out of the hospital and to the ... Read more

tracy west Oh my goodness with everything going on with me this year going in and out of the hospital and to the heart dr.and all the other dr.s I 'm so nerveness for this checkup I need to your prayers thank you in advanced.

Janet R Praying for a great checkup for you.

tracy westposted a journal

4040 days ago

Hi everyone it's been a while but i just want to say God has bless me to get threw this journey .It's been ten months cents my surgery and i thought that i ...Read more

Hi everyone it's been a while but i just want to say God has bless me to get threw this journey .It's been ten months cents my surgery and i thought that i would have my surgery and everything will be over but i see that,s not true I'm still having some set back like my iron level keep dropping and having blood transfusions and now iron infusions that make me have spasms

Linda Crawford Hang in there Tracy. How is life otherwise? These setbacks are frustrating.

Tammy Pilcher Tracy, I hope you can get everything worked out. Prayers for you!

Adam Pick Sorry this has been a tough road Tracy. My thoughts and prayers are with you that these issues get so ... Read more

Adam Pick Sorry this has been a tough road Tracy. My thoughts and prayers are with you that these issues get sorted out much sooner than later.

tracy westposted an update

4109 days ago

Hi everyone, i know it's been a while but i had my aorta valve replacement surgery in march of this year . I'm doing and feeling blessed i have good days and ...Read more

Hi everyone, i know it's been a while but i had my aorta valve replacement surgery in march of this year . I'm doing and feeling blessed i have good days and bad days other than all that i'm still going thew somethings that i don't understand for one i been back in the hospital a couple of times i have iron defiecency aneimia my blood count went down to 4.9 thats very low and now got to do so many test i just wonder is it going to ever stop PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND

Hi Tracy. I see you are having some challenges even this far out from surgery. Hope and pray we can ... Read more

Hi Tracy. I see you are having some challenges even this far out from surgery. Hope and pray we can get it sorted out? Someone has to have some solutions for you? Prayers aloft for you. Bob O.

tracy west Thank you Robert for your kind words and prayers

tracy westposted a journal

4326 days ago

This has been a world win everything went by so fast now I'm sitting here feeling depress but I'm thankful that I made it threw I had a aorta valve replacement ...Read more

This has been a world win everything went by so fast now I'm sitting here feeling depress but I'm thankful that I made it threw I had a aorta valve replacement and subaortic stenosis they took me off of lasik and my legs swelled up really big so had to go to the Dr. Office so the put me back on the water pill again so now I get a fast pace in my chest and it feels like my chest is skipping a beat I just feel like it's all to much please respond if you went threw something like that thank you.

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