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New diagnosis of ascending aortic aneurysm and I’m terrified
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My ascending aortic aneurysm was discovered back in 2010. I can’t remember the size now, but it is closer to 4 cm than 5 cm. I have had periodic checks on its size and it has stayed around the same since then. So, it has not presented a problem in about 14 years that the doctors and I have been aware of it.
In the meantime, I was diagnosed with Melanoma cancer (Stage 4) five years ago. My PET scans showed spots scattered around my body. However with my Keytruda treatment, my last PET scan did not show up a single spot of cancer.
So, while you may worry about your aneurysm, other things can develop which may be a lot more troublesome. But even so … even those can be managed, too.
As long as it’s not advancing, just do what the doctor tells you, and you should be okay.
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I’m sorry to hear about your cancer diagnosis. I hope all goes well for you with that. You bring up a great point about worrying about one thing just bc you know and then it could be something else that comes up that presents a threat. I’ll try to keep that in mind. Do you mind if I ask how old you were when you first found out about the aneurysm and what size it was at discovery. I’m 52 female and just found a 3.9 cm ascending aorta. No idea how long I’ve had it… only other test was an echocardiogram that measured it at 3.74 cm and no doctor even mentioned it to me at all. Just read it going through my old records. Thanks for your reply and wishing you good health!
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Thank you so very much! I’m sorry about the melanoma but glad the
medication got it under control. 14 years is wonderful for having a slowed
to non-growing aorta and I hope I have your same good fortune I guess I’ll
have a better handle on things each time they measure it. I’m just so new
to all of this. I don’t know on my six month check up in January if it
could jump from a four to a five.I’m sure that’s probably not possible.
Anyway, thank you again. It is reassuring to hear that you’ve maintained
stability all of these years. Sincerely Melanie.