I'm so glad things worked out for you. I'm 78 but I don't feel particularly old--except for the RA, the aneurysm, the balance problems, thinning hair, and the list goes on--and I certainly don't feel decrepit. I'm at 4.2 and recently diagnosed. A geneticist told me the AAA is probably age-related. I've always been the youngest in the family and in my class, so it's sort of odd to be called "old." If the shoe fits. In the generations above my kids, I'm the last one still living. That feels odd too. I dread the surgery, if it comes, but, as Moonboy says, at least I know the AAA is there. In fact, I feel a revived lust for life.