# On Tuesday: aortic aneurysm and tear **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961 "2023-01-28T20:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/21 "2023-01-29T05:14:14Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > And @ **NWH** , I’m only 6’0” tall so I’m not all that tall. I’ve got 3 brothers all younger than I, and I’m the shortest of the 4 boys in the family. Yes, the vast majority of people with aortic aneurysms don’t have Marfan’s. Its just that many Marfan’s sufferers develop it due to the nature of the disease. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/22 "2023-01-29T05:19:10Z")
I’m so glad that you’re recovering, Bullitt, and glad that you decided to take it seriously and go in. OTOH, with that new part, you are no longer kosher. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/23 "2023-01-29T05:26:23Z")
Yikes! Here’s hoping you have a speedy and uneventful recovery. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/24 "2023-01-29T05:53:12Z")
Glad you made it and we still have you around, even though your mode of transport was risky. I’ve never had an event like that, and hope to never have one. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > OTOH, with that new part, you are no longer kosher. 😉 And now my search history has “Is cannibalism kosher?” in it. (Answer: No, long pig is apparently never kosher.) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/25 "2023-01-29T23:12:23Z")
Well, that does sound very frightening. I’m so glad you survived. Wishing you the very best recovery. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/26 "2023-01-29T23:17:03Z")
Thanks! The one person I know of who died from an AAA was in her 90s, and she asked the local heart surgeon if he could repair it. He told her, “The operation would kill you.” She asked about being transferred to a bigger city, and he replied, “It would kill you there too” so she stayed in the hospital and kept comfortable for a few days until the inevitable end. This woman went to my church, and before I moved to that city, they’d had a fellowship night that included a talent show. Most of them were kids playing the piano or their band instruments, but she’d worked for many years as a dance instructor, specializing in tap, and at 85 years of age, she showed up in a sequined costume, complete with top hat and cane, and brought the house down. More than once, that heart surgeon was called in, as was the rest of the cardiac crew, on an emergency basis to fix an AAA that came in through the ER. It’s not something to mess around with at all! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/27 "2023-01-30T09:40:13Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > … so she stayed in the hospital and kept comfortable for a few days until the inevitable end. I hope they were able to give her something so that this inevitable end would be more comfortable. What I went through was not fun. At all. This gal sounds like a real kick in the pants! A real life of the party kind of lady. You are blessed to have known her. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/28 "2023-01-30T09:42:17Z")
Oh, and I should be going home tomorrow. Can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/29 "2023-01-30T10:28:25Z")
That’s great! May you heal fast and well! ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/30 "2023-01-30T11:49:17Z")
My GP sent me for a screening in October 2020. They did an ultrasound and found an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Two weeks later I checked in to the hospital and it was surgically repaired. It was a long recovery but it all turned out well. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/31 "2023-01-30T16:17:46Z")
Wow. Remember, every day from now on is a gift. Glad you’re still with us. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/32 "2023-01-30T16:52:54Z")
My brother’s father-in-law had one about 5 years ago. He was really lucky that it happened in a locker room and not 5 minutes earlier in the swimming pool and just as lucky there was someone else around to call 911. I only see him a few times a year, but from the little bit I do see him, I’ll bet he made a 90% recovery (again, from my POV, no idea where he really is). I believe he walked a mini or half marathon and I’ve seen pictures of him bike riding. I know something else happened at the same time that made things (including diagnostics) more difficult, I want to say he had a small stroke while he was in the hospital. If you met him today, you probably wouldn’t notice anything about him that you wouldn’t just write off as him being 60+ years old. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/33 "2023-01-30T18:06:02Z")
Good job not dying. As part of an extensive cardiac work up I was checked for that and thankfully don’t have it. > [@doc481](#): > > I don’t need 911 I’ll drive myself. Where’s that topic? Tell me you’re male without saying you’re a man. I would never do that. I made my daughter drive me. If I had been able to move my arm I would have driven myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/34 "2023-01-30T19:21:52Z")
YIKES! 😲 ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/35 "2023-01-30T20:55:03Z")
Glad you are well enough to be released tomorrow. May you continue to heal at a good pace. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/36 "2023-01-30T21:21:00Z")
> [@saje](#): > > That’s great! May you heal fast and well! … and inexpensively ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/37 "2023-01-31T00:55:22Z")
They released me earlier today. I am home now. So glad to be home! I gotta stay healthy in order to take care of SWMBO. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/38 "2023-01-31T01:29:26Z")
Whatever you do, don’t overdo it any time soon. Best wishes for a complete recovery, no matter how long it takes. At our ages, talking about “speedy” is probably more hurtful than helpful. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/39 "2023-01-31T02:58:22Z")
I totally forgot about my co-worker whose husband worked at another hospital that got a new MRI machine, and he volunteered to get scanned just to make sure everything worked. He knew something was wrong when they took him out and everyone was standing there with their mouths hanging open. You can probably guess why. He was in surgery just a couple days later, and made a full recovery. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961/40 "2023-01-31T03:07:45Z")
So glad you’re home! Hope your recovery is quick, but don’t be dismayed if you’re really sore at first! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tuesday-aortic-aneurysm-and-tear/978961.md?page=3)