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@andytheman

I have MyChart and left a message with my doctor that I was recently diagnosed with a Celiac artery aneurysm by a CT scan and it’s 3cm with a tear in it. That was 3 weeks ago and he never responded .

I had gone to a hospital ER for something unrelated and the work up included a CT scan. While I waited in the exam room the doctor came in and told me that I was going to be transferred to a trauma hospital for emergency surgery.

When I was examined at the trauma hospital they said that I would have to come back to their hospital but at the moment it wasn’t bleeding and the team feels that I didn’t need surgery that day..
I was told I could be discharged because it was felt that I was stable enough to do so but to contact my cardiovascular surgeon ASAP.

I had a feeling that he was annoyed by his tone of voice. He said “I’ll only look at it if the hospital says it’s an emergency “ He said that “all hospitals say that” (asap).
I got an appointment the next day and he made light of it and was in a rush and after a sonogram he said that he didn’t see anything.

He’s been checking on this known aneurysm for 3 years and now he’s saying that he didn’t see it? 2 different Hospital cardiovascular surgeons from 2 different hospitals acknowledged it and he’s saying that he didn’t see it. He said “see you next year “ and as he was rushing out the door I said “ could it burst” and he said “ it could, but we have ways to treat that”. And he left. What now?

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Your frustration at the different readings of the reports is certainly understandable. Please remember, @andytheman, that you can get another opinion if you are not comfortable with what you are being told. A research-oriented facility might be a good place to get another opinion.

Is there a university hospital school or a facility like Mayo Clinic where you could get another opinion?