Hey guys, thought this might be interesting to you:
I went to an initial consult with my surgeon from UofM today... everything was going as I expected and he kinda poo poo'd my 4.5 cm aneurysm a little bit until I showed him the scans that I posted in the "help me analyze this ct scan" thread. His eyes got real wide and he started talking about having surgery on Monday. He called it a "type 2 a chronic dissection".
He said that at some point I should've died, and it's pretty unusual for people to have a dissection of the ascending aorta and just be walking around afterward. 40% just drop dead... or maybe it's 40% that live, I can't remember.
He had me do a CT scan at 8pm tonight and we're doing a TEE tomorrow... from there it's either "surgery in a week, or surgery in a week." I'm also not allowed to lift more than 25 pounds...
So I'm in a nice hotel with a jacuzzi suite TRYING to enjoy the time with my wife. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings when I go see him again. I certainly wasn't expecting to stay here in Ann Arbor.
So I guess the moral of the story here is listen to your body.
Cya guys.
I went to an initial consult with my surgeon from UofM today... everything was going as I expected and he kinda poo poo'd my 4.5 cm aneurysm a little bit until I showed him the scans that I posted in the "help me analyze this ct scan" thread. His eyes got real wide and he started talking about having surgery on Monday. He called it a "type 2 a chronic dissection".
He said that at some point I should've died, and it's pretty unusual for people to have a dissection of the ascending aorta and just be walking around afterward. 40% just drop dead... or maybe it's 40% that live, I can't remember.
He had me do a CT scan at 8pm tonight and we're doing a TEE tomorrow... from there it's either "surgery in a week, or surgery in a week." I'm also not allowed to lift more than 25 pounds...
So I'm in a nice hotel with a jacuzzi suite TRYING to enjoy the time with my wife. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings when I go see him again. I certainly wasn't expecting to stay here in Ann Arbor.
So I guess the moral of the story here is listen to your body.
Cya guys.