[SEL] O.T. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

[John Culp]

Glad to hear you got the rusty plumbing fixed before it blew out, 
Arthur!

John

On Mar 29, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Arthur Buchanan wrote:

>        I was operated on for  a abdominal aeurysm on 1/25/06.The size 
> of the aneurysm was 5.1x6.7 cm. The  Aortic  was slit open and a 3/4" 
> plastic tube was inserted and the Aortic trimed and sewed back to 
> gether,also the artories for both legs were replaced. At 76 it has 
> taken a while to recover,but should be bach in my shop soon,
>   The reason for this comment is to let  let you know this condition 
> is commond and people die from it every day because they do not know. 
> There is no pain until it ruptures and then it is too late.


John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA