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I am a married 61-year old non-academic litigator, lifelong nonsmoker, unhealthy eater, and physically somewhat active. I take 5 prescriptions (heart rate, blood pressure, statin). I had a 2015 sudden Type A1 aortic dissection. Other than the five prescriptions I take daily, I feel like someone cracked my chest open and replaced my aorta with a Dacron tube. Hahahahaha. Peace.
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I also have a Dacron graft plus a bovine aortic valve. I don’t have any chest pains but have muscle mass loss (working on this) and have regained most of my lost weight from hospitalization. My biggest problem is bleeding from aspirin blood thinners and remedying anemia. Maybe the anemia issues mask what would otherwise be chest pains from the open heart surgery. Who knows! Just happy to be alive and functioning. I recently met two others in my small city who also had open heart aneurysm surgery at cedars months before me. They are doing well, working and exercising. Inspiring. Amazing surgery, glad to have these medical methods available