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Aortic Aneurysm Repair Success Stories
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Dec 8, 2024 | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
What did you do to mentally prepare yourself for having a major surgery like this? For me it's the mental aspect of the procedure. I understand that the success rates for these procedures are very high especially when done with a qualified surgeon/team. But the whole thing still scares me. I've also never had any sort of surgical procedure done other than having my wisdom teeth out which may be leading to some of my fears.
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Honestly in my case the thought of having a time bomb in my chest squashed any fear I could have had about the surgery, I made peace with myself and my loved ones and just kept looking forward to having the procedure done, I thought it would be over fast and I would deal with the recovery (I was already recoverying from leg fracture surgery so I would just tag the recoveries along), or something would go wrong and I wouldn't even know about it. I just wanted the aneurysm gone, especially knowing it was large enough to give me a surprise.
Of course I was nervous as the wheeled me into surgery, joked a litle with the surgery team and I was knocked out pretty fast.
Post surgery is tough, but bearable, now it is just a memory for me.