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Celiac Artery Aneurysm: Anyone else with same illness?

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Hi @finled...I'm new here...first post. My husband is 58 and a few weeks ago, they found a 1.3 cm celiac artery aneurysm on a Cat scan, that was for an unrelated gastric issue. The vascular surgeon wants to see him every 6 months, and if it gets to 2 cm. he will do endovascular repair. His advice was to stop smoking, no fattening food (control cholesterol), keep a very close eye on his blood pressure, no heavy lifting, and limit stress! Like you, I cannot believe it's almost 2021 and it is still so rare, that I cannot find anything on google for 'how to live with a celiac artery aneurysm". Take good care of yourself. All the best.

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finled | @finled | Dec 22, 2020

Thanks for the reply. The 2cm level seems to be the magic number for repair. I really appreciate you sharing the advice of his Vascular Surgeon. I will now give up that occasional cigar, start taking the statin that I never can remember to take, talk to my wife about the Keto diet we have been on, and watch my blood pressure more carefully- Great advice that makes sense.

In my case I have gone in for CAT scans on pretty much a yearly basis to monitor the progression of Follicular Lymphoma. I have been on a watch and wait program for this NHL, so I have experience with that. The difference is- with NH Follicular Lymphoma the process of watch and wait can last years, before they reach levels that indicate treatment and the treatment is well understood. I had CHOP Chemotherepy in 2011. Unfortunately it is incureable, but fortunately it is considered more of a chronic low grade cancer condidtion today.

I was shocked to see the scan indicate the 1.4cm Celiac Artery Aneurysm last week. My scan of 1 yr ago did not mention it at all. Also troubling is the fact that this scan was at a different hospital than last years and the difference between the scans at the NHL Lymph Node level are of great concern. Last year they were watching a couple of particular nodes that we identified in 2018. Last year they had not grown-All good. This new hospital did not mention them at all-last week, but they did find a few others that were out of range. The results don't make sense in comparison, which makes me question the CAA finding along with all the other data. Not that I don't believe it as much as I would like to not believe it.

I will ask to have the new hospital do an analyis that compares against my past few years of scans from the old one. I made sure they had all the data, but simply assumed they would actually do all of that.

My best to you and your husband. God bless you and all of you that contribute to this site. It was a fabulous find for me toady as this Aneurysm thing is really scary.

Merry Christmas to you all!
David
Tulsa

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