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.