am I exercising too much with a 4.3 ascending aortic aneurysm?

@trots72 Yes. It is the generic equivalent and was recommended to me by my Cardiologist. It is a lot less expensive than the original.

Eliquis from Canada pharmacies anyone ever order from any of them are they legitimate?

I'm an 80 year old Aussie. I've led a reasonably healthy life, having been a competing athlete in my youth. 6 years in the army with 2 tours of Vietnam, and since, an avid fly fisherman, travelling to places like New Zealand & Kiribati. As well as around Australia. So I've been pretty active most of my life. Although, the covid epidemic, along with a serious leg infection caused by a tropical bug has had me fairly sedentary for the past few years. So, I've subsequently put on some weight that refuses to go.
I gave up a 60 cigarette per day smoking habit in 1992 & was a heavy drinker up to 3 years ago. I now drink no more than 3 - 5 glasses of Shiraz per week.
In 2015, during my yearly health check, an ultrasound found I had a 34mm aneurysm in my aorta. Now, 10 years later the aneurysm has increased to 46mm, and has extended to my right iliac artery. My annual Cat scan performed 2 weeks ago has shown the AAA is the same as when I had the scan at the same time last year. That has to be good news. I have an appointment with my vascular surgeon in mid June, so it will be interesting to hear what he has to say.
Also, about 12 months ago, I joined a Vietnam Veterans exercise group, which meets 3 days per week for 1 hour at a local gym, where we exercise under supervision of Exercise Physiologists.
Reading some of the discussions here, has me thinking the light gym work i've been doing could be the reason for the slowing of growth of the aneurysm.
Comments will be gratefully received.

I'm an 80 year old Aussie. I've led a reasonably healthy life, having been a competing athlete in my youth. 6 years in the army with 2 tours of Vietnam, and since, an avid fly fisherman, travelling to places like New Zealand & Kiribati. As well as around Australia. So I've been pretty active most of my life. Although, the covid epidemic, along with a serious leg infection caused by a tropical bug has had me fairly sedentary for the past few years. So, I've subsequently put on some weight that refuses to go.
I gave up a 60 cigarette per day smoking habit in 1992 & was a heavy drinker up to 3 years ago. I now drink no more than 3 - 5 glasses of Shiraz per week.
In 2015, during my yearly health check, an ultrasound found I had a 34mm aneurysm in my aorta. Now, 10 years later the aneurysm has increased to 46mm, and has extended to my right iliac artery. My annual Cat scan performed 2 weeks ago has shown the AAA is the same as when I had the scan at the same time last year. That has to be good news. I have an appointment with my vascular surgeon in mid June, so it will be interesting to hear what he has to say.
Also, about 12 months ago, I joined a Vietnam Veterans exercise group, which meets 3 days per week for 1 hour at a local gym, where we exercise under supervision of Exercise Physiologists.
Reading some of the discussions here, has me thinking the light gym work i've been doing could be the reason for the slowing of growth of the aneurysm.
Comments will be gratefully received.

@luhn thank you for the suggestion. I plan on seeking an opinion from a different cardiologist as this cardiologist is standing firm about the “ no need to worry “ mindset. I don’t like him as he tends to be dismissive of my issues. All he’s good for is monitoring my INR Coumadin level

@andytheman You mentioned having good insurance. Could you go for yet another opinion at a different facility? Maybe that would be too confusing, but might be helpful...Three times the charm?? Wishing you peace about this. I have an aortic aneurysm too, but do not have the tear and the Coumadin issue that you have that complicate things.

@patti1416 I have been on Coumadin for years and my aortic artery aneurysm is at 3.9 until I have it checked in 2 months. Yes it has a
“Tear “ in it. My cardiovascular surgeon doesn’t seem to be too concerned about it.
I don’t like being on Coumadin due to my mechanical aortic heart valve with a torn aortic artery aneurysm. My last INR was 3.0 last week borderline high end. Thin blood with a torn aneurysm bothers me more than it does my cardiovascular surgeon apparently. He must know when it’s time to correct it? I don’t know. A few years ago they found a 3.7 cm with a tear in it during an unrelated CT scan and they were like “ oh my God we need this repaired now “. They dressed me back up and threw me into an ambulance for a quick ride to a higher rated trauma hospital and when I got there they took an immediate CAT scan and confirmed the torn aneurysm but the cardiologist for that hospital said “ well, yes you have one but it’s not bleeding and doesn’t need to be treated today” “ but you will need to come back later under a non emergency appointment “.
That was it. I was like “ look, it’s torn, and I’m Coumadin with an NRI that is always variable in thinness “ and he went on to another patient. I have great insurance so it wasn’t that! First thing I know I was being given my discharge paperwork and waiting for an ambulance to take me home. All because it wasn’t bleeding at the time.
One hospital took a fit and the second one was like “ well, it’s not bleeding!”
Are they waiting for an all out rupture that can be fatal quickly?
It looks like if you have a torn aneurysm but you’re not fatality bleeding because it’s less than 5.0 cm
(The golden number) you can be ignored other than a once in a year quick sonogram? Granted, it’s far from a 5.0 cm but why wait for a rupture??
These doctors aren’t so bright. My original cardiologist said “I don’t see anything!!!” The second cardiologist treated it like “ oh wow, we need to operate” the third cardiologist says yup it’s 3.7 cm and said “ see you next year “ my current cardiologist says “ it’s at 3.9” “see you in 6 months “.
It’s not like I had a poor insurance plan. My insurance covers everything 100% so why wait? Is it because I’m on Coumadin and they are afraid to go in?
That’s not an excuse. I’ve had surgery that required a 5 day hold on Coumadin and bridging with Levonox . So what’s the big deal?
Are they afraid that I may bleed to death and my family will sue him and the hospital for “ killing “ me?

Oh my gosh, it sounds like what I' ve gone through many times since getting the mach.valve in 2003.
Luckily I'm a very pro-active patient! So I go into every situation loaded with questions, after I've read up on whatever is going on, First!
But obviously when its a sudden decision or an emergency, that doesn't help!
Coumadin RULES my life, as I'm sure it does your's too!
I will never understand why nothing has been done in regards to research, for finding a better way to control blood thickness or thinners, for Mech. Valve patients.
Mine RARELY stays in range, because everything we eat or take, can affect it! Even after 23 years, I'm never suprised when I test, and its too high or low!

And I aree with you abt. diff.reactions to the size of our aneurysm's, from diff.members of our cardiology teams! And that's maddening because we, as the patient's, are clearly anxious about having an enlargement in the 1st place, and they throw numbers around like its no big deal!🤷‍♀️😡