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New diagnosis today. Trying to figure what to do..

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Oct 7 2:48pm | Replies (57)
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@llindsay251 I am 60 years old, age doesn’t matter as much as how healthy your body is, of course the body deteriorates as you age but the rate depends on how well you have been taken care of yourself, I have read folks in this forum in their 80s and having been cleared for surgery by their surgeons. My surgeon told me diabetes, pulmonary issues, cardiac issues, etc can affect the probability of a positive outcome and those can happen at 40.

Hope this helps!! Keep taking care of yourself!! And stay positive

All the best

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llindsay251 | @llindsay251 | Oct 7 2:48pm

@houston13 ....thank you for taking the time to reply. And good to read what your wrote.

I have taken v good care of my health; actually since getting a diagnosis of pre-diabetes 25 years ago. It was a great motivator to lose weight, eat well and exercise regularly. Only thing not controlled well was stress which in retrospect was probably why recently I have tipped over into being diabetic and now taking a v low dose of metformin. I'm classed on regular HbA1c tests as 'well controlled'

Trying to keep my body as healthy as possible as i age, I am 72. Recently I decided to have a hernia repair performed rather than take indigestion meds ad infinitum. This is when the AA was sighted and photographed by the surgeon; and he recommended I see a specialist to be tested. So this was last week. Early stages for me on my journey into the AA world!!

As an aside....initially I was so pissed and a tad scared. Didn't want a new 'health issue' to deal with esp at my age! (Is there ever a good age to have this news)?! But now, having had a week to digest the info, I am feeling as I did with the pre-diabetes diagnosis soooo long ago. I am relieved. Feeling very lucky to get an early warning of a possible future, catastrophic issue. Information I can now use to pro-actively get the best outcome for me.

So love this board and grateful for you and others, sharing their experiences....really xxx

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