Ticking Clock

An aortic aneurysm is often discovered by accident — a scan for something else, a routine check — and the knowledge of it changes everything. Whether the path leads to watchful waiting or emergency surgery, the experience of holding that information is one only those who have done it can describe.

Inside this volume

Fifty writers recount the discovery and the decisions that followed: the surveillance imaging, the conversations with surgeons, the choice of open repair or endovascular procedure, and the recovery on the other side. Several accounts are written by family members who witnessed the emergency.

Who it's for

For patients living with a known aneurysm and those who have survived repair, as well as families seeking to understand a diagnosis that arrived without warning.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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