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Thread #139811   Message #3209991
Posted By: catspaw49
20-Aug-11 - 01:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Free Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
Subject: RE: BS: Free Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
Yeah.....Well..............See, I have a Triple A which is fairly stable but compounded by the fact I also have an Aortic Dissection, aka a dissecting aneurysm. The aorta is three layers and one layer tears away creating more pressure on the the outer which may open up or dissect into the heart. This is what killed John Ritter. Mine runs from the femoral to the aortic arch but stops just short of the heart. This makes it hard to repair the AAA and instead need to replace the aorta which ain't happening because my heart has a very low refraction of about 30%.

So I just say WTF and don't worry about it. What's the point?


Spaw