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Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 22 1:53pm | Replies (14)
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Thank you Chrisn61-this is very helpful information. I am sorry to hear about your brother. My father died suddenly and we also don’t know if it was from a ruptured aorta. That was why I went in to the cardiologist. Was that your reason? I do have one. He is very hard to get ahold of or into. I live in a small town. He ran all the test and everything was good except my echo. It showed the aorotic root of 4.1. I go in Thursday and will see how much it has grown. I have so many questions but can’t get into him until late July. They just run the test Thursday. I am going to talk to the thoracic surgeon to get his input.
I can’t get this out of my mind though. Does this happen with you too?
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Yes, I went in because of my brother's heart attack. We also had an uncle who died suddenly when he was in his early 40's - no autopsy so we don't know the actual cause even though it was called a heart attack. I reached out to a therapist to talk about this as it feels like a double whammy- grieving the loss of my brother and worried if I have what he may have had. I've reached a place where I'm still very proactive on understanding the issues- but not nearly as anxious as I was initially. Do you have mychart or something like that? I've been able to get my results ahead my dr visit follow ups. I am also going to be getting a DNA test for genetic markers for this. The testing won't be conclusive if nothing shows up- but if I do have the marker they will likely suggest operating sooner. How is your blood pressure? That is the thing that increases risk with this. Mine has never been high, butI've been able to bring it down about 10 points with diet and exercise so far. I will find out if the cardiologist thinks I should go on meds to lower it even more when I talk to him on Thursday. I've been able to do all my follow up visits with Mayo virtually so far.