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Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Mar 6 11:21am | Replies (4)
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@pamela78

The way you were treated is intolerable A diagnosis like yours (and mine at 4.2) needs to be taken seriously and plenty of support offered. I spent a frantic weekend waiting for the results of my CT scan and emailed my cardiologist about twenty times in three days. I was terrified. If you don't get the treatment and attention you need, look elsewhere. I certainly would. It's very important to trust your doctors. There's plenty of stress in our lives without at least being able to rely on our medical care. I imagine most of us here have additional issues as well as aneurysms. I imagine many, if not most, of us are baby boomers. We've made ourselves heard before. We need to do it again. I'm not angry, just scared and bewildered.

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mrsmca | @mrsmca | Mar 6 11:21am

Pamela. Again; grateful for my fellow aneurism “ friends”.
Yes; intolerable and callous. You are also correct; I have diastolic dysfunction but only stage 1. and compromised valves which is no surprise at my age. At least half of us over 60 have some form of heart failure . My hypertension for decades although being treated has been “ resistant”. I got up to four medications in attempts to bring it down. I had a “ crisis” several weeks ago and avoided a stroke. My diastolic hit 124. My PC is striving to find a combination that works better. I got off Lisinopril 40 mg ( max) ( black box drug) and will never use it again. I see my PC today and will see what she thinks. Moving from Upstate NY and some of the best Cardiac University affiliated Hospitals to this area down south has been difficult. Since moving; CHI ( Chattanooga Heart Institute) Memorial 4 hours south of here; it has been all downhill. I won’t give up searching though. There has to be one out there somewhere! :)! Thanks for caring! HUGS! Suzie

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