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I was just diagnosed with an AAA measuring 6cm x6.2cm
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Dec 14, 2025 | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
@mwendt54 thank you for your response and for sharing your experience. That is great news on the care your husband received. I am hopeful my surgery will be scheduled quickly and have an appointment this coming Monday to discuss the situation. Did your husband experience any pain with his AAA prior to surgery? I have not and was surprised to find out the results of the CT scan. Now I am hyper aware of any minor pain and worried there will be a rupture (human nature).
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@jrcollins999
My husband didn’t have any abdominal pain or back pain. We would have never known about the aneurysm, but his niece had pain in her shoulder, had surgery at Mayo where they found that her blood vessels were all wacky and twisted. They tested her for a genetic mutation and she was diagnosed with Loeys-Dietz syndrome which is a connective tissue disorder and also causes aneurysms. My husband was then tested and found to have the mutation so CT scans were started.
Good luck to you with your surgery. Hopefully you too will be a candidate for the less invasive EVAR procedure. My husband was discharged the following morning after his surgery.