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@ymca49 It took me about 3 years before I felt right, honestly. It was a slow walk up a steep hill. That said, I feel great today. The first two months of recovery, everything tasted like metal. I lost about 45 pounds (but sadly regained all of it). I had terrible night terrors for the first two years. It was hard to fall asleep for the first couple of years. I slowly came back. The sadness lifted. I am reborn. Here I am in San Diego working last week. There is life after dissection.
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I understand how lucky I am that we found mine and I was able to get it repaired before it burst. you are so lucky to have survived that ! I wonder why the tastebuds are involved? How long was your surgery? Mine was about 8 hours. Did you find you had to pee all the time? They say that is because of all the fluids they have to pump into you but it seems those should be out by now? No matter what complaint I express with my doctor the reply is the same "This was a huge surgery and these things are to be expected." It helps so much to know someone else had similar symptoms...you look great by the way