It would be good to find vascular surgeons who have actually performed the operation. I live in the L.A. area and have consulted a surgeon at UCLA but he has never done one. During my first visit about 4 years ago he told me to monitor it with CT scans and we could consider a coil stent or a more invasive surgery if and when it grows to 1.4cm. I haven't met with him since then but when I had a follow up CT he read the results and emailed me. He said that it wasn't growing and I should continue to monitor but he didn't believe that I would ever need repair. I haven't received any advice about things I should be doing prophetically and was never told to avoid lifting weight of any type.

Perhaps collectively we can all develop a consistent strategy of how and what to do while waiting as well as symptoms we may experience while waiting.