JohnEGreen
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Couldn't agree more. My dad had a ruptured aorta. He wasn't ill but was a victim of this silent killer. First he knew was a nasty pain in his side. The GP immediately sent for an ambulance. He made it to hospital, had an emergency op and never came out of intensive care. That was back in the 80s.
@Bluetit1802 yes same thing happened to my FIL in the 80s had it happen when virually walking past the hospital but did not make it.
I guess I'm in two minds about it - my mother's was found via a routine ultrasound for something else. She was rushed/pushed into immediate surgery then treated like a malingerer by nursing staff because she kept telling them something didn't feel right. Can't remember how long it was after the operation, but the graft failed and she bled out internally, despite being rushed back to surgery. I can't help but think she might have been better off never knowing about it since she died the same death anyway
@Indy51 I can understand your ambivilance to it but that was a failure in after care and as such unforgivable.
When I had my op the surgical team where brilliant but the after care did leave a lot to be desired. Though one thing was good was that a couple of days after the the op I was given an ultra sound scan to check that the graft had not moved I am still waiting for my follow up appointment but have had an angio cat scan, again to check that all is in order. So maybe things have changed for the better hopefully.
Normally it takes about six weeks for the graft to become fully embedded.