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What makes ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms increase in size?
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I'll be 80 on my next birthday. Whether or not to have surgery at some point is something I think about a lot.
I'm at 4.2 as of my last CT scan with another scan scheduled in July. This really is like having a ticking time bomb in your chest and besides eating right and exercising, avoiding alcohol and not smoking, there's not anything we can do about it. Carpe diem, friends.
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I absolutely understand. I am also 80 and sitting at 4.2 TAA. I’m 5’2 so I’m not sure what they consider to be surgery ready. Every day is a challenge so I try to stay busy but my mind drifts often and sometimes I take a quarter of a Xanax to level a bit. (Kinda hard to split a25 mg in 4 pieces😂 but I don’t want to rely on it). My cardiologist is not optimistic about surgery for me. We must pray that they further develop TEVAR for a quicker, easier surgery.🙏🏻🤞🏻
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Go out to happy hour with your friends and enjoy, there is nothing you can do, but don't stop living. Alcohol thins the blood; I have a huge doubt that alcohol is going to bother you at all.