I am a married 78 year old female, academic lawyer, lifelong nonsmoker, healthy eater, and physically active. Two and one half years ago, I had emergency surgery for a 6.7 aortic arch aneurysm that I did not know I had. I had no health problems and had never been hospitalized before. I was hospitalized for almost three weeks. Returned to work several weeks afterwards. Complications with blood thinner, now resolved. I met older patients at the hospital who also were aortic aneurysm patients, including an 89 year old man. Since my surgery, I have met several people in my community who also had my surgery and are doing well. Role models! Other than the eight prescriptions I take daily, I feel like I felt before the surgery. Anyone else taking so many prescriptions?