So I dissected at age 50. Mine was an ascending arch section, so right above the heart. I am now turning 60 in the middle of December. I’ve survived 9 1/2 years without a hitch. I worked in the yard today all day, cleaning up leaves and Getting the garage ready for winter. I take my blood pressure meds regularly as well as a statin. I try to avoid super heavy lifts, but I will carry things that way in the range of 50 pounds. I probably shouldn’t, but I don’t have children that are interested in hauling mulch or dirt. I take an aspirin every day and I try to eat well and keep my weight down. I get regular CT scans of my aorta to ensure that there is no leakage and to ensure that it has stayed stable. I think that you’re going to be fine. If you’ve had your dissection corrected by surgery, I think there’s a really good chance that you’re going to have a normal lifespan. I read a study that said that if you survive an aortic dissection, your lifespan is actually a little bit longer than it normally would be because people tend to take care of themselves much better after they survive it. I think that’s true and I want you to think that that’s true as well. Not just because I say so, but because of the studies that have borne it out. I was very scared about my fate for the first couple of years after I dissected, but the more I researched and the more I read the more, I realized that this was a new chance at life for me and that I was not going to waste it. So, no drinking, no smoking, no drugs, no planking, no heavy, lifting and live every day to its fullest. Peace.