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Celiac Artery Aneurysm: Anyone else with same illness?
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Thank ou for the gracious reply. The shock is beginning to wear off, primarily regarding how unusual this type of aneurysm is. I was also gobsmacked to learn that if a CAA ruptures, mortiality is pegged at 40%.
I spoke with my GP two days ago, and he informed me the CAA is actually 2.0cm, not 1.5cm, and I inferred their attitude is to take a wait-and-see approach and have a CAT scan every 9-12 months. I have very good insurance so there shouldn't be a problem with this schedule of investigation, which I'm grateful for. If it goes to 2.5-3.0cm, I'm going to advocate lilke h*ll to have surgery. I simply cannot live (no pun intended) with a 40% mortality rate.
Oh, and as a quick footnote, on top of the urgent broken blood vessel in the lung finding out about this CAA, I get to have a kidney biopsy next month because I'm in State 3 renal failure. Hurray for me! lol.
It's a lot to take in all in 4 weeks. Ugh.
Thank you for your best wishes.
Andreas.
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@andreas92103 - this is definitely a lot of new medical information to process! Overwhelming. Worry about one thing at a time- the CAA will be checked again, so the kidney biopsy is up next. Best wishes and please let us know what's happening. We are always here to listen.
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wow.. That certainly is a lot to take in.. So they took care of the broken blood vessel and that is one less thing you need to worry about.. As for you kidney, I had my left one taken out about 2 yrs ago and all is good, so while I hope they don't need to do that to you will make it thru this.. Sounds like you have good doctors and that is key.. hope it all works out ok..