Originally Posted by barry12345

The need is usually only established because the problem lets go and the person dies. There are no symptoms usually. Most of the time like myself it is picked up only when the medical profession is looking for something else. The lower abdominal artery had enlarged to 6.5 cm or just under three inches in diameter in my case. Too large to just keep an eye on apparently in their opinion. The cost of the custom made parts to repair this are quite high I am told.

I read about the operation and thought it only required a couple of artery access points in the groin area on each side. When I woke up I had those small ones that I expected and one in my left armpit about two inches long. This surgeon is quite young and talkative. It will not surprise me if he is aware of this reducing blood flow to the prostate issue. I certainly will let you know what he tells me.