I'm a survivor. In Jan 2011 I woke up with a heavy feeling in my chest, thought I was having a heart attack, then became extremely dizzy and violently ill. My husband called 911. Once there they gave me a ct and found a 1.6cm annie on my basilar tip artery. I was helicoptered to a trauma center were it was coiled and stented. I've had 2 more surgery's on it to total 17 coils and 1 stent. I had headaches prior, kept telling my DR that it felt like someone was hitting me in the head with a hammer, she kept saying it was my neck, I argued that my neck was lower than the back of my head! Needless to say, I don't go her anymore. Be persistent, you know if there's something not right with you. I am very blessed, I should be dead. I am now in a study because they believe that people are predisposed to annies through their genes, and also that many who have cerebral annies also are at a higher risk for aortic annies and vice versa. My genetics were tested and I carry the same genotype as others with annies, today, I'm going for a sonogram to check for a aortic annie. I've had no symptoms, but there is a higher risk. Please don't take chances, if you or a loved on is at risk, get checked! Support education and research on aneurysms, even if it is just by signing a petition or a letter to your congressperson!
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I'm a survivor. In Jan 2011 I woke up with a heavy feeling in my chest, thought I was having a heart attack, then became extremely dizzy and violently ill. My husband called 911. Once there they gave me a ct and found a 1.6cm annie on my basilar tip artery. I was helicoptered to a trauma center were it was coiled and stented. I've had 2 more surgery's on it to total 17 coils and 1 stent. I had headaches prior, kept telling my DR that it felt like someone was hitting me in the head with a hammer, she kept saying it was my neck, I argued that my neck was lower than the back of my head! Needless to say, I don't go her anymore. Be persistent, you know if there's something not right with you. I am very blessed, I should be dead. I am now in a study because they believe that people are predisposed to annies through their genes, and also that many who have cerebral annies also are at a higher risk for aortic annies and vice versa. My genetics were tested and I carry the same genotype as others with annies, today, I'm going for a sonogram to check for a aortic annie. I've had no symptoms, but there is a higher risk. Please don't take chances, if you or a loved on is at risk, get checked! Support education and research on aneurysms, even if it is just by signing a petition or a letter to your congressperson!
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