Very glad you survived. Wishing you good health! Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 13, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Dennis Brumm <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Once an aorta has ruptured you've got single digit minutes >> to fix it, otherwise you're brain dead. > > This generally happens with aneuryisms. > > >> His started to tear at the meeting. Once you've >> gone symptomatic and have pain... the clock is >> ticking very quickly. >> >> In some cases the aorta wall lining will separate >> a bit, but still remain, umm, waterproof... and >> you;ve got time to get to the ER and surgery. But >> in others, once the symptoms have started you've >> got only minutes. > > This has happened to me twice. It is not always something that requires > surgery (my descending aorta is still "dissected" - that's what it's called) > and has been from my neck to my butt since 1997. > > The September 2008 dissection was in my ascending aorta. Tears were happening > all over the place, including blood vessels heading toward my brain (they saw > it during the 12 hour surgery). I was brain dead for 45 minutes, as they cool > your body on ice (or something) and disconnect heart & lungs. This was > considered dangerous as it may cause brain damage. I am proof you don't need > a brain to talk. The scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz knew something. > > Although dissections do tend to go "aneuryistic" after a while, a dissection > and an aneuryism aren't the same, but both have very high death rates. > > If you wanna know more, I consider myself an expert. I am apparently one of > very few people ever to survive two of these. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.
