lofwyr
24-10-17, 18:35
Title might be a bit misleading. As some may or may not know, I have been diagnosed with a 4.8cm aortic root aneurysm, and at some point in the near future I will have open heart surgery to fix it. Actually totally calm about that. It is very odd to have been so worked up about health issues all my life to find out about this during the past summer and be so calm about it now.
In the meantime, however, I have had pulsatile tinnitus in my left ear (wooshing beats to the pace of my heartgeat) for at least three years. It never bothered me overmuch until I was entered into a genetic testing program that looks for genetic diseases which I will not name here, that affect your chances of developing aneurysms. Still waiting on results from that, but in the mean time I was sent to an ENT (appointment tomorrow) to investigate the pulsatile tinnitus as it can be the result of blood vessel abnormalities around your ear in your carotid or your brain.
This appointment has me a bit freaked out. I was mortified at first about my diagnosis with the heart, but grew to be okay with it. My brain is another matter. I am in full blown health anxiety mode over this appointment, all I can see if worst case scenarios. I do have a statistical 5% chance of developing a brain aneurysm because of the aortic aneurysm--there is a correlation--so I am kind of losing my mind over something that could be caused by a totally benign source.
I was told by someone wiser than me to not borrow trouble, well, I have borrowed a lot of it. Just needing to vent, and wonder if I ever get to stop going to the damn doctor. ;-)
In the meantime, however, I have had pulsatile tinnitus in my left ear (wooshing beats to the pace of my heartgeat) for at least three years. It never bothered me overmuch until I was entered into a genetic testing program that looks for genetic diseases which I will not name here, that affect your chances of developing aneurysms. Still waiting on results from that, but in the mean time I was sent to an ENT (appointment tomorrow) to investigate the pulsatile tinnitus as it can be the result of blood vessel abnormalities around your ear in your carotid or your brain.
This appointment has me a bit freaked out. I was mortified at first about my diagnosis with the heart, but grew to be okay with it. My brain is another matter. I am in full blown health anxiety mode over this appointment, all I can see if worst case scenarios. I do have a statistical 5% chance of developing a brain aneurysm because of the aortic aneurysm--there is a correlation--so I am kind of losing my mind over something that could be caused by a totally benign source.
I was told by someone wiser than me to not borrow trouble, well, I have borrowed a lot of it. Just needing to vent, and wonder if I ever get to stop going to the damn doctor. ;-)