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@grandchild

Hi everyone. I’m so happy to have found this place to share my concerns and victories. I was just diagnosed with a 95% right arteries blockage and was sent to a cardiac ct to confirm whether my enlarged aorta required open heart surgery to correct an aneurysm. As it turned out It was .5 cm shy of the necessity for surgery. Instead they are planning to do a stent tomorrow and then monitor me every 6 months. I am grateful that I didn’t need open heart surgery but I must say that I feel like a walking time bomb because of this aneurysm. I’m sure I’m not the only who feels like this. Thank you for listening.

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Welcome to Connect, @grandchild. I'm glad you found us. I wish you the best of luck tomorrow getting the stent. I understand your contradictory feelings of relieved to not need surgery, but at the same time feeling like a ticking time bomb with the aneurysm. You're certainly not alone. Do you have any questions about the procedure tomorrow?