@topper42 Hi, yes I found the same. Everything I read made me so nervous about exerting any pressure/force on my stomach. For the first year I wouldn't lift anything heavy and I made sure to stay away from anyone smoking. I still exercised but nothing that got my heart pounding. Just mild biking and yoga and walking. I used to run but already stopped that due to hip pain - but I would have still gone jogging if my hip wasn't sore. I changed my diet a fair bit to more healthy heart foods. When they were discovered, I was sent for a full body MRI to make sure the rest of my arteries were ok. I assume you have done this? Luckily, the rest of mine were ok. It sounds like you have an issue which I have never come across, the dolicho - I imagine they discovered this when you had a full body MRI scan? Because of the size of yours (similar to mine), they are probably not at all worried about it bursting, which is why they haven't given you a strict set of rules to follow -ie not lifting anything heavy etc. They didn't tell me anything like this either, I just read so much about it and got scared so I did everything they say to do/not do when it is closer to 4cm! So I think you can feel safe that you are not in danger of it bursting, but of course I am not a doctor and it is not that easy to relieve worry! I actually paid to see a private specialist in Edingburgh, in addition to the NHS specialist I was given. The specialist already knew about my conditions as they had some sort of meeting with several specialists about it, initially- as they were so bizarely shaped, I think. I felt better having seen two specialists and with the one I paid for, I was able to ask lots of questions and not feel rushed. The NHS one spent 5 minutes with me and seemed to me like he felt that was too long.