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Celiac Artery Aneurysm: Anyone else with same illness?
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Thanks Teresa, yes they do, but when we called they said that they were not in our network, so feel the insurance company is touting doctors that may have at one time been in the network but are no longer. They are supposed to update every 6 days so I highly doubt that many left in the previous 6 days. My doctor's office is working up a referral and will find one for us that is in the network so hopefully will hear back soon.
As many others here have said, I feel like a ticking time bomb and while supposed to keep my blood pressure down, how is it possible when the anxiety is through the roof!
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Just wondering, @briandem, are you taking meds for your blood pressure?
As many of the Connect members were given restrictions on lifting, I'm wondering if you were you given any weight restrictions regarding lifting?
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I have the same celiac aneurysm with a tear in it. It is currently at 3 cm. I am concerned because I went to a hospital emergency room for something not related with aneurysms.
Of course as usual the ER doctor ordered a CT scan with dye. He came back to my examination room and said “ we are going to transfer you to a trauma hospital for emergency surgery because you have a celiac aneurysm and it has a tear in it, It’s presently at
3 cm.”
So they shipped me to the trauma hospital and when I got there they already had the CT scan image. The cardiovascular surgeon acknowledged the aneurysm and said that “because it’s not bleeding, we feel you can be discharged today but you will need to come back later to get it taken care of “
The discharge instructions were that I see my own cardiovascular surgeon (I actually have one) ASAP.
The next day I meet with him and they did a sonogram and he came into the room and said that he didn’t see anything,” see you next year!” I said “wait a minute, could it burst?” He said “it could but we have ways to take care of that”
I thought about how quickly things could go bad if it burst and nobody is around. I was previously told that it would probably be fatal if not addressed quick enough.
For 2 years my cardiovascular surgeon acknowledged I had one and now he says that he didn’t see anything.
2 hospital cardiovascular surgeons saw it but my guy all of a sudden says that he didn’t see anything? And tells me to come back in a year??
If he didn’t see anything why is he acknowledging that it could burst. It’s a torn aneurysm for crying out loud!
He was clearly annoyed by my being in his office while he had patients that had earlier made appointments. He rushed out of the room and I got out to follow the arrows on the floor leading me to the (rude) secretary’s desk.
She’s the one that said “where’s your mask?” as soon as I walked into the lobby. I had forgotten to bring my mask that was required then.
She gave me an unfriendly stare and handed me a mask. (I always wear one for doctors visits as they were still required at that time and because I had had covid months ago and am now covid free). That was it, “see you next year “ why would he say that if he said he didn’t see anything? I don’t have any pain so does that mean I don’t have it? I also have another cardiovascular doctor. He’s a cardiologist and I don’t know if he deals with aneurysms.