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Managing Anxiety with an Aneurysm
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Apr 23 9:19pm | Replies (104)Comment receiving replies
@lindy5285 how big is your aneurysm? Mine is a 4.6. I only found out about it a few months ago. But I know about the phases that you go through. I’m 68 but now I’m afraid to do a lot of things because I don’t want to cause it to burst. I still exercise but I’m afraid to do certain things now. Let me know how you’re doing.
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I am 81 y.o. and have an aortic aneurysm that is 4.8. My thoracic surgeon has told me not do exercises such as planking, stomach crunches and most surprisingly, squats. The squat exercises are without weights and similar to a chair squat but without the chair. The surgeon said it was movement going up from the squat that could cause my blood pressure to increase. What??? He would prefer I not go to gym, and just walking, but said a treadmill was OK.