@angiecabinfever1 Good morning, Angie.
You’re getting lots of good information. I am not a provider (a retired nurse) however, addressing everything that may increase your aneurysm is the way to go. No smoking, healthy weight, Mediterranean diet, maintaining a normal blood pressure, healthy exercise without heavy weight lifting or inversions and getting cholesterol levels normalized are great things to do. There’s only so much we can do about diet and exercise, heredity plays a role too so statins - to me - are a reasonable option.
I live in Prescott, Arizona and if I needed surgery it would be in Phoenix - a 2 hour drive. This is where the close monitoring of our aneurysm is important. Surgery would be planned because an emergent need is not optimal for our care.