This is so helpful! I learn more here than anywhere else. I just had a genetic panel done and, as you say, it was mostly about family history and connective tissue disease. I also have Rheumatoid Arthritis and didn't realize that could be a factor with aneurysms. I see my reumatologist this week and will talk to him about this. The full genome test is very expensive and the geneticist I saw didn't recommend it for me. I'm 78 with a 4.2 AAA. Your advice about coping strategies is excellent. I'm a total, bloody heathen as well and I miss wine, but I have a few very close friends with whom I can talk about everything and anything. That helps enormously. If you don't have friends like that, a therapist is a good idea. I've had two on separate occasions in my long life and found them very helpful for what I was going through at the time, You've got me wondering whether I should go to Mayo or Cleveland or somewhere. My cardiologist says he doesn't think that's necessary. I have yet to talk to a surgeon. I'd probably feel better if I did. I go back in a year for another CT scan. It's a lot to think about. I wish you the best as you navigate these choppy waters.