What is Aneurysms

An aneurysm (or aneurism) is localized, blood-filled dilation (bulge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall.[1] Aneurysms most commonly occur in arter...

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Sunday November 29, 2009

Educational Stories

  • Needed info.

    Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | An Educational story

      O.K. guys and guyesess,
    Normally I do not work on this journal till the weekend but one of you, you know who you are, asked me too.  There are some things all of you should know as I have been misunderstood on several things.  When I awoke from the anneurysm I did not know exactly where I was, or when I was... lollol 
    When I fell ill I lived in Fort Worth Texas.  I owned...

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  • NEW PHASE

    Monday, April 7, 2008 | An Educational story

    SHIT I'M STARTING A NEW PHASE..PREPARING MYSELF FOR A JOB....PLACES TO ATTEND.....SCARED AND NERVOYSE.....BUT I SOO HAVE TO..OTHERWISE SHIT....MY LIFE WILL SICK..BUT ONCE I GET THROUGH THIS..I HOPE I WILL GET A RELIEVE..OOOOOOOOMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGG..MY HEART IS POUNDING

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  • The results in their words...

    Thursday, June 12, 2008 | An Educational story

    MRI Scan of the head Clinical History  The history of bilateral lower limb pain and weakness with fatigue and episodes of vertigo along with pulsating headaches, difficulty pronouncing words and blurred vision is noted.
    Technique  Multiplanar images of the head were obtained using spin-echo, inversion recovery and gradient-echo techniques.
    Findings  No hydrocephalis, mass effect...

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  • Since I Just Joined The Bereavement Group

    Monday, November 24, 2008 | An Educational story

    Since I just joined the Bereavement Group for the loss of my Mother, I thought it would be easier right now, to simply provide the URL to her memorial website at Memory-Of.com.  It includes entries, candles lit by visitors, photos and some of the history/story about her and her passing.
    Karen Bennett at Memory-Of.com

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  • Genetic Issues?

    Thursday, February 12, 2009 | An Educational story

    Looking for treatments and maintenance rejiemes intended to slow development of my aneurysm has led me consider the possibility of genetic elements in my case.  My father's father died suddenly "of a heart attack" around age 43.  Given his economic and social situation it is quite possible that a catastrophic aortic disection was the "actual cause" of his death.&...

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  • If I have one aneurism... are there more?

    Monday, March 2, 2009 | An Educational story

    I don't think I have the genetic disease called Marfan's Syndrome but I suspect that there is a genetic predisposition for weakining of the connective tissues with old age, a milder, possibly associated genetic predisposition to aneurisms.  Several years ago, I believe I "gave myself" a very small umbilical hernia straining to pull a fence post out of the ground.  Mayb...

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