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@ginnycake

I think your doctor probably told you not to play pickle ball because quickly swinging your arm to hit the ball spikes blood pressure. BP Spikes are dangerous because the aorta is already weakened that’s why it’s at 4.7. You don’t want to enlarge it any further because once you get up past five it starts getting more dangerous( especially if you’ve had other members in your family suffer w/ an aneurysm or if you have a bicuspid valve or some other genetic predispositions that would make a 5.0 cm aneurysm ready for Preemptive surgery). If you’re careful you can stabilize it at that size (all other things being equal) The scary thing about aneurysms is there are no symptoms (typically) until it either dissects or ruptures and then your chances of surviving are very slim. I don’t write this so adamantly to alarm you, 4.7 cm is not huge but a serious thing ( please work to keep it that way))… in my opinion , Pickleball is just not worth the risk, so be careful. Enjoy your vacation and enjoy your life but please way the risks of your hobbies and athletic enjoyment.

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Weigh not way…sorry

Thank you for your reply.

I was not aware of the BP spike. There is no family history of aneurysms. My Dad lived to almost 90 and my Mom lived to 99. So far, the only other health issue that I have is sleep-apnea, which is being handled successfully with a CPAP machine

When I was released from the hospital last July, I volunteered to participate in what the y call a Home Health monitoring program. Every morning, I take my BP. oxygen level. heart rate and weight using equipment provided by the hospital and it is monitored by a set of nurses. They call me once a week just to check-in and call immediately if they see something amiss ( like when the scale added 5 lbs to my weight one morning for no reason)

I will follow my Doctors direction even if it means no pickleball. I was never a hard core player. It was just a fun exercise with other like minded players.

I guess my real concern is with the travel plans that we would like to make.

Thank you again for yoor input