I can’t believe that they made you wait so long and also the fact that you made it after all that waiting. That intense tearing type pain is a burst aneurysm. I have no pain so I guess they are waiting for it to burst and possibly kill me! I have a feeling that due to the fact that it isn’t bleeding they figured they were waiting for the last minute before they repaired it . I’m not comfortable with that. The first hospital last year found it by a cat scan for something else and panicked and sent me directly to a bigger hospital better suited to repair the torn aneurysm but that hospital cardiologist said “ well it isn’t bleeding but you will need to come back but you don’t need surgery today !”
Why not fix it now? Why wait? I couldn’t understand it. Here we are almost 2 years later and I just had an echo and even though it was at 3.9 2 years ago instead of the 5cm criteria they are doing nothing!! It could have grown. I’m so upset. It’s not burst and it’s not bleeding but it’s a good time to repair the torn aneurysm before a major event occurs. May be because I’m on blood thinners they fear going in. I don’t know. They act like it’s their little secret ! I am getting what feels like “heavy arms” which is one of the symptoms of a torn aneurysm but it doesn’t seem to be a big deal to my cardiovascular surgeon. By the way, he does have a specialty as an aortic artery specialist so I’m assuming he knows what he’s doing but it’s the constant exams I’m having and they don’t call me back to the office until “ see you in 3 months “ for a follow up. It’s killing me to wait.