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I totally get it. May 2104 Stroke. May 3015I had an Ascending arota repair and valve replacement (tissue-tough choice at age 49/50). Turn 50 next month. I begged for the surgery as the worry at 4.9cm was killing me. MAy 2106 who knows Im bck to work adn life and now have medical excuses for my...

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some of it sucks but coming out other side all will be better and no need for continued worries. He will look awful with lots of tubes when he comes out but within a day or 2 he'll be up and walking and home in a week. They know how to zig if the situation zags and have lots of drugs and...

If you are hospitalized or can be watched closely perhaps there is a hedged approach? They can monitor you closely and if you throw a clot they can quickly treat it??? Of course I survived a clot and stroke so I may have a strange view of the risks and potential outcomes

It is tough lord knows the anxiety got to me so. Was basically begging for the surgery. As my wife said, whet kind of moron signs himself for open heart surgery?? Until you've been in our shoes it's hard to appreciate. I was already on xarelto for afib so an emergency procedure would have been...

Best of luck and sorry for your ordeal

I hope all is well, there are serious but relatively safe surgeries, more dangerous driving to and fromthen the surgery itself. You will both be fine. Prayers sent!!!

I was 91 days to get into range and stat there. I got in range my last test the days I came off it. I was pretty close the last week or so leading up to it

I had it done Back in May at Baystate medical center in Springfield. MA. Life is full of risks no wonder we get up and go on each day!! Actually my cardiologist told me I faced a greater risk driving to her office that day than the aneurysm or surgery so you are not far off.

No easy choice. With this condition, you are good until you are not. One of my big factors in pushing Is that I live and work about an hour from the surgeon and hospital. My local hospital could not handle me if it dissected, only get me a helicopter ride out which may or May not have been...

You will be fine and when you wake up all fixed the sense of relief will be great. It takes done of the pressure off the surgery worry and concerns.

I believe it is due to my prior stroke in Mayn2014. There is actually a healthy debate right now between my cardiologist and surgeon over whether an aspirin is enough or if I should still be on the Xarelto. I don't know anything about Pradaxa but it seems they may have an approved reversal...

Absolutely, it's a tough call no matter what. I thought living in 6 month intervals after being out of circulation for a year after the stroke was just too anxiety producing got to me.

My nsurance covered at 4.9 but I had other things going on like a bad valve and afib too

I really pushed to get my surgery I hated living with my 4.9 aneurysms. What's a mm between friends?