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If I mention it to my PCP he will tell me that my cardiovascular surgeon would know and that I should go by what he said.

He would not address it except to send me back to the annoyed surgeon so what I’m going to have to do is go to someone who doesn’t know me and go from there.

I went to one ER for an unrelated matter and they felt that I needed emergency surgery according to the CT scan results.
They thought enough that they had to send me to a trauma hospital for emergency surgery.
when I got there they verified the torn aneurysm and stated that I would need to come back to the hospital as it isn’t presently bleeding so they didn’t think I needed immediate treatment and said that I was stable enough to be discharged but they said to contact my jerky cardiovascular surgeon ASAP.

My cardiovascular surgeon said that “hospitals always say that. He was annoyed it was obvious and he actually laughed and said “see you next year!” and he walked out of the exam room.
Before he left I asked him if it could burst and he said that it could “but we have ways to deal with that “. What? Pick me off the ground dead? I’m exaggerating but it tends to be a fatal event if it bursts! How would anyone know what happened to me?

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The fact that you feel so unsettled about whether your life is in danger or not is cause enough to get an opinion to settle it. Just do it. You have no peace. That's not a quality of life.

My heart hurts for you. This is the care that is out there now. Of course there are good doctors, where are they. We the people aren't being irrational, we are being factual.

I’m so disappointed to read about doctors being offhand and insensitive with patients, it’s rapidly becoming a regular thing in our changing world. I have a similar problem with my health care provider, he has changed a lot since covid started, from a caring doctor to a cold and distant man with the compassion of a rock. I can’t even get a in office visit, I just get a phone call or he sends me for routine tests but that’s it. I really want to get off the fence and find another doctor but we have shortages of medical staff. I did want to add that my neighbour has a similar problem as yours, she is in her eighties and had a torn aorta years ago and survived, she is still able to live her life quite well. I hope you find a better doctor to help you with this, good luck 🤞