anurism up date:

did some more cat scans yesterday, was at the DR. office all dam* day 8 am till 4:30.
found a secound one below the first one. I go in a week from friday. the first one they will use a stent that looks like a pair of pants and fix it. the secound one however they will have to cut a piece of the artery out and replace it with a new section or, streach the artery and sew it back together, which ever.



aparently not as dangerous as it sounds. but what ever. just an up date for those who want to know. thanks for all your good wishes. MW

the good news and the bad news: i'm not missing much, the compitition is gettin fierce here, and things are really slow.

Thanks for the update olddude, hoping and praying everything gets back on track.

Best of luck with it. I know its scary. We will be waiting to hear from you, Mike.

Best wishes for your speedy recovery, olddude.

I nursed my mom after two different aneurysm repairs. The first was an abdominal surgery and it was quite a long recovery. She had a huge incision that got infected, she took weeks to come out of the post-anasthesia confusion.

The second was three years later It was near her heart and they went in through a blood vessel in her groin and repaired it that way. She had to have a preliminary surgery before the repair and they had to go back in afterwards to fix a small leak. So - three procedures in all with the second aneurysm.

But the recovery from the second repair was much easier than the first. The technology had advanced so much in just three years. It was really amazing the difference between the two. No infections, no confusion. It was much better. Mom was in her seventies and she lived for two years after that and died from an unrelated cause.

Hopefully, you will get the full benefit of the new procedures, olddude and be back in the swing of things before long!

Good luck Mike. You will be just fine! Things have come a long way in the recent years.

Be sure to take it easy! The scrap can wait!

Good luck to you sir. While we have never had any direct conversations i do enjoy reading your posts. Hope all turns out well, my prayers are with you.