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Ascending Aortic Aneurysm / My Terrifying Story

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I am so sorry for what you have been through. You are very lucky to be alive. I retired from nursing in March, at the age of 70. Medicine has changed so much, since I started practicing. I was taught in nursing school that pain is subjective. Pain is what a patient says it is, whenever and wherever they have it. My job was to find the source and get the patient some relief. If I wasn't able to, my job was to find someone who could, even if they yelled at me for bothering them. It angers me that your cries for help were ignored. I'm glad you had family with you.
I was diagnosed in September. Mine is 4.2 cm. I'm hoping that mine grows slowly and I never have to have surgery or when I do they will have developed an easier way.
Thanks for sharing your story. Prayers for your continued recovery. 🙏

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james4cm | @james4cm | Jan 31 11:49am

I was diagnosed in August 4.1 cm.

62 years old.

Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Non-smoker, non-drinker, no family history of it.

I don't match any of the probably leading causes.

Oh well, apparently these things can happen.

I wonder if having covid-19 or even just having had the covid-19 vaccination might have contributed?

Sonogram, CT scan, PET scan, and Echocardiogram.

Same I'm hoping it either grows slowly or preferably of course, doesn’t grow at all, so as to avoid surgery.

Haven't yet seen anything on diet, exercise or medicines that reduce the size.

So, it appears at this stage it's a wait and watch.

Congrats on such the long career as a nurse, undoubtedly you helped generations of people.

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