[SEL] O.T. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Arthur Buchanan galoway4 at earthlink.net
Wed Mar 29 16:12:24 PST 2006


Hello Steve:

       It was found prior to rupture. I had no prior warning. Iwill say that 
they do gut you.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Arthur Buchanan" <galoway4 at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:33 PM
> Subject: [SEL] O.T. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
>
>
>       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.
>
>
> Art,
>  You are very right the Triple A is a VERY serious item. Glad you made
> it through in one piece. Did they find it prior to rupture? If not and
> they managed to operate in time you are VERY VERY lucky and might want
> to buy a few lottery tickets:-)
>
> Jokes aside it is a very common problem in persons of advanced age and
> is identifiable.
>
> For folks who don't know what Art is talking about. Your descending
> Aorta is the blood vessel that supplies blood through the lower portion
> of your body, Roughly from the bottom of your lungs to your toes. It
> carries a LOT of blood. If you have a AAA that ruptures it can take as
> little as 8 minutes to bleed to death. That blood will be contained in
> the abdomen and just fills all the spaces around your organs. The only
> external signs are usually an initial rapid pulse, severe sweating and a
> semi rigid abdomen, This is usually followed by the person losing blood
> pressure rapidly, loss of a pulse and unconsciousness, at that point
> unless your in the OR and they are ready to go it is usually to late.
> The two other vessels they replaced would have been the femoral
> arteries. These are the ones on the inside area of both legs and they
> carry blood from the descending aorta to the vessels in the legs.
>
> Steve Williams.
>
>
>
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