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Thank you both for your replies. Yes slowly, slowly is good advice, the confidence in the body again is what I see most challenging. Cardiac rehabilitation is being organised for me so will definitely attend that - a way to exert in a controlled environment is a positive way to dip the toe back in.

Hello everyone. I write this as I am sitting in a chair next to my hospital bed. Surgery to repair my aneurysm was on Monday 27th. It went well and my amazing surgeon Associate Professor Silvana Marasco was able to repair my aortic valve. She also closed the PFO. A comment from a cardio thoracic...

Surgery was completed yesterday. Update in the post surgery section l.

Hi, wanted to let everyone know that my surgery was postponed. Twelve hours before I was due at the hospital, the surgical registrar called and explained that the surgeon had returned from leave and upon checking my patient records realised that I hadn't had an angiogram and that surgery was...

Hi there, Welcome to the forum and good luck with your upcoming surgery. I am having surgery on the19th for an Aortic Aneurysm and a Patent Foramen Ovale closure. Take care Matthew

My neurologist inferred a similar theory, however there are numerous views and opinions and they seem divided on whether or not Patent Foramen Ovale are a cause for cryptogenic stroke and if closure actually helps. I have been experiencing the migraines for so long now that they don't worry me...

Thank you for the well wishes. Yes you are correct, it does appear to run in our family. Both my brothers (who are actually older) have some dilation of the aorta which is being monitored.

Thanks Rob, sounds like you had a rough time of it. Glad you got through it all and are back to having a full, active life.

Oh you were a local and spent your childhood there. I am sure it had changed a great deal in the last 25+ years. That whole coastline is beautiful...

I had my pre assessment today and the surgical consultant made the comment that due to my having a PFO that is always open the 'migraines' may have actually been small clots that had flicked off and via the PFO gone to the brain. Anyway hopefully surgery will not only fix the aneurysm but stop...

That is a great result, hope I have a similiar story to tell. Yes it is amazing to think your largest artery has been replaced with a piece of cloth!

Much appreciated, thank you. Haha, it was just shy of 40C Christmas Day but hot weather is expected and I think we tailor the day to it. Kids were in the pool, we had plenty of seafood/salads and of course copious amounts of ice and cold drinks. Have you had any issues with the graft? How are...

Thanks Agian, good advice! I am meeting the surgical team today so will be sure to remind them. Will hopefully also stop the migraine with aura that I have been experiencing for the last 25 years.

Ah know it very well. I lived in Broadbeach for a number of years. We were up in Byron only a few months ago .... we seem to find a way back there each year!

Hiya Rob, thanks for the warm welcome. Yes very relived that I had the minor stroke as without it, the aneurysm would never have been detected. Goodness I didn't realise an aortic aneurysm could extend that far! Glad that you came through the surgery and you are now enjoying life. Cardiologist...

Thanks Pellicle, appreciate the welcome. Where in Australia are you (were you) from? It has been so incredibly hot here over Christmas and the New Year, the coolness of Finland would be a nice respite at the moment!

Hello, I am 45 and have OHS on Thursday 19th Jan. I suffered a minor stroke in mid November and in searching for a cause it was discovered that I have an ascending aortic aneurysm (5.8cm), slight aortic regurgitation and a Patent Foramen Ovale (the neurologist believes this combined with heavy...