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Ps you said I dealt with this for many years. Which is true, and from day one I thought something is going to happen etc etc. 6 years past and I wasted a lot of time feeling sorry for myself instead of taking my cardiologist advice to keep going as normal!.. I suppose, and I Know it's hard, but...

I think there is quite a similar procedure in the U.S. called Florida Sleeve? I haven't done much research about this, but I read somewhere that is quite similar to the PEARS procedure. I hate the thought of surgery aswell, but at the same time, I hate the thought of living with this thing! So...

All - thank you for your input! Much appreciated. What kind of pain do you feel? Sharp, dull, achy? Do you feel your heart (palpitations?) and how did you reassure yourself that everything is Okay ? i.e pain is not coming from the heart, or the pumpkin head is not a stroke etc. ?

Hi pearjas - your situation sounds like mine. I'm currently at 45mm (sometimes 45 , sometimes 46 or 47) been like this since I discovered it back in 2009. I take 300mg of Irbesartan per day (since January. Was on atenolol before) Irbesartan is similar to losartan.. Apparently the trick is to...

Hello everyone - quick question,m to those who had hear surgery. From a scale 1 - 10, how bad was your pain after surgery? Some people describes surgery as its like being hit by a bus, do they mean in terms of pain or other things?

That is true. Was your aorta dilating at a fast rate? How long ago you found out about your dilation?

Great thank you. So I calculated, BSI (2m squared and root of 4.6( that puts me in the low risk section for now . That's helpful.

Hi dan - thanks for your post. I am 5ft 11 inches. How can I calculate the aortic surface index please?

That is funny cldlhd! He probably engineered the measurements!. 4.99 :))..... Thanks Pellicle for the information, this is really helpful. I'm surprised that, the article that the sinus of valsalva has thinner wall structures than the rest of the aorta. That's where my dilation is. It's nice...

Thank you Pellicle. It's nice to read your post before I try and sleep! I will keep on ruminating otherwise. :)

Hello all - I always feel guilty when I have not posted for quite a while, then I post again. Hope someone can help me with this question please. I had an MRI last January and showed that my aortic root is 45 x 42 mm. Cardiologist not concerned. I was looking at some old documents of mine and...

Beautiful, really enjoyed reading your post, so positive!

Thanks for your post AZ. But maybe, maybe as per the bell curve, is there a possibility that my aorta is just large? I mean, I have so many things that are a bit weird like my ear, I can twist it and turn it without pain or even my nose. I can turn my thumb all the way round my wrist or I can...

Hi all - so I had my MRI results and my cardiologist told me that the size of my aortic root is actually 45mm rather than 46/7mm as per the echo. He said probably because the MRI measurements are done when the valve is closed rather than open?... My ascending aorta is within the normal range...

Hello all - what do you mean by feeling worse after surgery? Do you feel pain, heart beating out of place, breathless or is it more to do mentally like feeling low? .. Could it be that for example, Paleogirl , you seem to have done crossfit? Or maybe some other type of HIIT training. Is it...

Hi Camgough, thank you for your reply. Of course I wish you all the luck, you'll be fine mate. It's annoying having to go to another surgery, but I think you're doing the right thing having mechanical as that should stop giving you problems. It's great to know that quality of life wasn't...

Thank you very much for your posts. Are you facing surgery soon camgough? How was life in general after your surgeries? Did you do normal activities? Thank you also for the link AZ Don, I'm going to read it this eve. Started reading it, but was getting anxious! It happens a lot when I read about...

Very funny! Cheers all. The note about erectile dysfunction was in one of the hospital's patient leaflets. Pellicle, the nerve seems to be the one they are referring to, as they said damage to the nerve could cause permanent erectile dysfunction. But, by the looks of things, this doesn't seem...

Brilliant, haha! :) thanks for posting. How are you doing? Back at home now?

I am not sure where to post this, but I thought here is okay. I've read somewhere that heart surgery can cause a permanent erectile dysfunction because of nerve damage. Is this true ? Has anyone experienced any permanent issues after surgery?