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Thoracic aortic aneurysm: Anyone had surgery?
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 11, 2023 | Replies (247)Comment receiving replies
Hi , I am 47 5.11 and recently advised I am mild-moderate TAA 4.6 and Aortic Valve insufficiency. I have been told by 2 Cardiologist that they are monitoring initially 6 months and annually and nothing further is needed at this time other than no heavy weights and stay fit and If it ever needs to be repaired, they can repair with a good success rate in the 90 %'s. Its too small to do anything now. I feel mostly fine other than scared. I feel young and have my young family. How do you cope? I am working on it but need support from time to time. Thank you
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It gets better with time. The diagnosis is a lot to wrap your head around. Information helps. Reading other peoples stories helps. Validation helps. Yes this is big, but I am strong and can deal with it. Something that helped me a lot was having my cardiologist tell me that I can ask her any question at any time, through the patient portal, no matter if I think it is stupid or not. (extreme roller coasters) Some I am sure have been stupid but they calmed my mind. It made me feel less anxious. Mayo has been awesome about this.
Thank you so much - its the hardest thing to deal with. I keep looking for answers and wanting to do something more about it and have to keep telling my self I will be ok and it is being monitored and will be fixed if needed. Back in 2 months then 4 months later. Never went to the Dr so much. Never had this before. I have felt symptoms for 40 years on and off - was always told it was nothing, now this.
Thank you for your kind words of advice Lynn. May I ask the name of your cardiologist at Mayo?
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Hello @akovacs944 and welcome to Connect. You may notice that I merged your discussion with an existing discussion on thoracic aortic aneurysms. I did this so your post would be seen by all of the members already discussing TAA. If you are replying by email, I suggest clicking on VIEW & REPLY so you will be brought to the new location of your discussion. You also may notice that some of the posts are from awhile back, but there are also many recent posts as you read through.