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Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Mar 13 4:06pm | Replies (52)
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@fjc1962

Thanks so great! I love that your surgeon was so confident and gave you that 99.9 figure. Mine keep saying the surgery is more risk that not doing it right now. But, I worry constantly about both the aneurysm and the surgery. When it was smaller, at least I only worried about the aneurysm! Once you had your surgery, do you have to worry about the synthetic graft or is your worry pretty much gone? I’m thinking at 4.8 that I need to get it over with so I can focus on my life instead of this pending surgery.

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houston13 | @houston13 | Jan 23 2:53pm

I do not worry about the graft, at least my cardiologyst (or surgeon before him, they work together) has never given me any reason to worry. My only concern right now is the valve and how fast it will deteriorate, as of last year it is still working fine (some deterioration but not much different from when I had the surgey). Coincidently tomorrow I have my yearly echocardiogram and cardiologyst consultation, I will ask him about any concerns about the graft and level of exercises as other people have posted. I exercise regularly and with some intensity, some peole have been adviced to tone it down, but it may be before surgery, I will ask tomorrow.

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