So close to the line.

I presented to emergency with an anuerysm of 6.5cm. They told me on the spot that I would need surgery and I thought they meant in the future, sometime. What they really meant was, as soon as the surgeon gets here (it was after 1am, the surgeon came in at 8am after stopping by and cancelling a quintuple bypass so that I could be treated).
They didn't explain about sizes, or test periods, or cycles or anything. There was so much, so fast. I didn't really know what was happening!
I have no history of anything in my family. I dont smoke, drink rarely and then not much, tested regularly for the wide gamut of blood tests (FBC, LFT, iron, cholesterol, sugars/diabetes, etc). Every result in normal range. I do not have diabetes, high cholesterol, and every organ functioning as expected, blood pressure regularly tested in normal range. EVERYTHING checked out.
Then one night, stabbing pain of FIRE in my chest.
OHS - aneurysm excision, aortic valve replacement, aortic arch replacement, aortic root repair and graft. A remaining descending aortic dissection all the way down. And heart failure.
My point here is that everything regularly checked out and no genetic or personal history of anything.
Now I have a cardiologist, vascular surgeon, cardiac surgeon, nurse practitioner.
If they say do it, I do it. I have been so close to the non-aliveness and I don't want to go there again.
I saw the line and I would prefer to remain on this side of it.
I am 58 and I still have the other half of my life to live.