4.8 - Ugh

A couple of folks have told me to go ahead and replace my 20 yr. old Toyota. I think I'll give it to my grandson and get me a "new" used car. I appreciate your advice about the groceries. I ask for lighter bags and help putting them into my car. I also use handicapped bathrooms. Why not? I'm 78. Age has its perks. As for you, get off the social media, save Netflix for evenings, and take a walk everyday. That's my routine and my advice. Do it for three days and see how you feel. Even better, do it for a week. You'll be surprised. Do you have a nice place to walk?

yes Dr Brown ordered another CT this past June, measurements moved from 4.2 to 4.4 . So he basically said another scan in the new year. This waiting sucks, wish I could managed to snag a cardiologist as well. Gonna have to get slightly assertive. I think you have a very good Dr in St John. Let me know how your wait times are???

So SJ called today and moved the file for the third time. It’s Dr. Stevenson with the file now. Going to call tomorrow to see what the ETA on the CT.

Waiting is super frustrating. I’ll let you know on the wait time asap.

The decision about when to have surgery depends on several factors, of course the size but also the body size, growth rate, family history, your general phsysical fitness, etc. they discovered mine while getting leg fracture surgery from an MTB accident, I was 54 (I'm 59 now) and the aneurysm was 5.2 , I had the surgery 3 months after leg surgery (they want you walking right after so I had to wait until I could walk with my broken leg, otherwise I would have had it immediately). The surgeon recommended to have the surgery as soon as I was able.

Hi. As an update. Had my echo stress test, all good. They measured my AAA and it came in at 4.02 CM whereas the CT scan showed 4.8cm. I believe the CT is more accurate. My cardiologist said I might need an angiogram to check my other arteries, but my calcium CT scan was zero. Anyone hear about needing an angiogram? BTW, I see a surgeon next week. To be continued…

Hey was thinking about you ? How you making out? Surely you’ve been to St John now? And had a CT scan. I’m still just waiting it out , had a CT in Feb . Now it measures 4.1 they are saying it’s a technical issue and it hasn’t shrunk?? . So it measures 4.1 to 4.4 ? Have an echo sometime soon to check on the valve function. So I’m just keeping on.

Angiogram - a surgeon (not my husband’s current surgeon) ordered an angiogram for my husband. My husband’s TAA (thoracic ascending aneurysm) was 4.8. The surgeon wanted to do surgery and he ordered the angiogram to see if there was other “work,” i.e., atherosclerotic blockages that would require adding bypass surgery to the aneurysm surgery procedure.

I had an angiogram prior to my ascending aneurysm repair. It is a normal and logical thing to do in my mind, my surgeon explained it to me, we don't want to open chests more than once, so the angiogram would tell us if there is any other condition that requires work so that we can do it all in one go. In my case I had no other issues, so my OH surgery was focused on aneurysm repair