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have i got an AAA

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sue.broughton
sue.broughton

:cry: Hi, Im really worried. For about 2 months now, Ive had like a \"pulse\" about two inces from my belly button, to the right. It happenss at least once a minute, and I ignored it at first, thinking it was a twitch or something muscular. However, I went onto google the symptom, and came up with AAA. I have a bad back too, proven with MRI scan, I have a few damaged discs, so obviously lot of the time, Im in massive pain from that, but 5 months ago, a pain right in my right groin and thigh started, and its sometimes awful. It radiates down the front of my thigh to my knee. My physio said its not connected to my back problems, but when I read up on AAA, it said you can also get pain in the groin, and leg. Im terrified, does anyone want to advise me pretty please..... :cry: :cry:

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  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    I suggest you get to a cardiovascular surgical doctor.They will take the proper tests to know what needs to be done.. I just had a operation last week to correct a blood vein that was about to burst,if I had waited much longer it would have been too late....mine was in my chest behind my heart... I was very lucky to have found it...
  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    [b:3f568904ee] :lol: I was very lucky I knew I had a AAA and last year it started to leak consequently I was transfered to the nearest hospital where a 'on call' vascular surgeon did an emergency op on me I spent 3 weeks in ICU on life support and 1 week in HDU before I spent 1 month on a surgical ward I was discharged in October and it took me until December of that year before I could walk unaided and gradually did things for myself.

    The whole experience took a long time to get over and I often wonder what it was like in ICU I did have chance to talk over it with someone at the hospital about my stay there etc but turned it down I wish I had not now. :shock: [/b:3f568904ee]

    [color=red:3f568904ee][size=9:3f568904ee][b:3f568904ee][i:3f568904ee](Sorry but Patient Admin have removed a Doctor, Consultant and or Hospital name from this posting, as it is the policy of Patient UK not to publish these on this forum.) [/i:3f568904ee][/b:3f568904ee][/size:3f568904ee][/color:3f568904ee]

  • sue.broughton
    sue.broughton

    Posted

    :cry:

    wow, very powerful messages from you both, Im glad you both seem to be getting over all this, I only hope I have not got anything like this, are you thinking that I maybe have got one...... good luck with both your futures

  • Fred_Flintstone
    Fred_Flintstone

    Posted

    [quote:cceea7eab2=\"sue.broughton\"]:cry: Hi, Im really worried. For about 2 months now, Ive had like a \"pulse\" about two inces from my belly button, to the right. It happenss at least once a minute, and I ignored it at first, thinking it was a twitch or something muscular. However, I went onto google the symptom, and came up with AAA. I have a bad back too, proven with MRI scan, I have a few damaged discs, so obviously lot of the time, Im in massive pain from that, but 5 months ago, a pain right in my right groin and thigh started, and its sometimes awful. It radiates down the front of my thigh to my knee. My physio said its not connected to my back problems, but when I read up on AAA, it said you can also get pain in the groin, and leg. Im terrified, does anyone want to advise me pretty please..... :cry: :cry:[/quote:cceea7eab2]

    How did you get on?

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