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If you are not comfortable with your Dr, definitely get a second opinion and find a new Dr. When I choose a Dr. I look up how they are rated by their peers: https://www.castleconnolly.com/, and how they are rated by their patients: https://www.healthgrades.com/. The second one is free and the...

There are still conflicting opinions on whether body size should be a factor. In the AHA guidelines they are ignored because the evidence is not conclusive. While I would suggest to err on the side of caution and pay attention to the bodysize calculations, at most 3cm would be mildly dilated...

Only the future will tell whether your dilated aorta progresses or not and at what rate. While MRI's are pretty accurate, Echo's can easily be off by a couple mm, depending mostly on the technician and person reading the echo. In general aortic aneurysms tend to grow 1 or 2mm per year, but...

Can't say for sure what it is but you are only 3 months out. After surgery you can't lift and so your muscles are going to atrophy somewhat. So now when you lift weight it is harder on your muscles and soreness is likely to be worse than pre-surgery. I started working out as soon as I could...

While there is evidence that eating a calorie restricted diet can extend life, there is also some evidence that intermittent fasting may provide similar benefits (without going hungry). As I recall the original article discussed benefits after a short fast: simply not eating after dinner (at...

I don't miss them at all. I can't remember the last time I had any of these, probably once or twice within the last year and not by choice but because others chose the restaurant or the menu. I think the key is finding and getting used to tasty alternatives. I had Chinese today and the...

[/URL] If we were never meant to eat the foods that came into the diet in the last 10,000 years, why are we meant to eat foods that came into our diet in the last 2 million? Humans/hominids have been evolving for 25 million years and 90% of that history our ancestors ate almost exclusively a...

Well I think that depends on what your goals are. For health, based on my readings on this subject my opinion is that what you eat matters most unless you intend to live on a very low calorie diet. While low calorie diets have been shown to extend life (in animals), I believe that largely plant...

"Mmmmm, chemicals" LOL.

Pellicle, Good article, thanks for posting. One key point I take from the article, that I have read elsewhere: cldlhd, Although the article promotes a plant based diet, it also states the most important factor in avoiding heart disease is low cholesterol, so perhaps it doesn't matter how...

Ornish and Esselstyn have both scientifically demonstrated the heart disease reversing benefits of a plant based diet. I don't think that's true of the Paleo diet, though it is generally a significant improved over SAD - standard American diet.

My father in law tried all the statins and finally had to stop due to significant side effects. He now takes Red Rice Yeast and his cholesterol is controlled with no side effects.

Sorry to hear about your son's situation. I often say that the anticipation of surgery is the worst part of it, but as a parent I think that anticipation of a child's surgery may be worse. In any case I can tell you that OHS, for me, was not much different than other surgeries, and I've had a...

My aneurysm was found in a follow-up scan for cancer (which was caught early). I had valve sparing surgery the next month. Aneurysms can run in families, and it certainly appears to run in yours. Your immediate family: siblings, parents, children should probably all be checked. Best wishes...

I have read in these forums a number of stories of people that were first told they did, then that they did not have a BAV; and vice versa. Apparently the echo's can be difficult to read but as I understand it the TEE test will give your Dr's a better view to try to make a more definitive...

I get all three as well, though I attribute the light headedness to Metoprolol which I take on Dr's recommendation which I believe is primarily based on the chance it will reduce the risk of another aneurysm.

Initially it was every 6 months when the leaking went from trivial to mild to moderate. Now that it stabilized I go annually.

My Mom, my sister, and my children were all tested for aneurysms, and none of them had any issues.

Best wishes on a successful surgery and recovery.

I have read that once the aorta exceeds 4.7cm progression is virtually inevitable. So no, from 3.8 cm progression is not necessarily inevitable but on average aortic aneurysms grow about 1-2mm per year. Technically I think at less than 4.5cm it is considered dilated rather than an aneurysm, so...