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Sunday… A great day!

It’s a beautiful sunny day here in Everett, WA!  I am watching the Sea-hawks and the Redskins game and decided to write a bit. I have just finished publishing my 187 personal story on my website. You can read all the stories here.  You can also join the Aortic Dissection Forum and read stories as [...]

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Michael Knox-52

Personal Stories: Mike O’Connor Knox

Michael O’ Connor/Knox, my fiance of 13 years, was diagnosed with a Type B Descending Aortic Dissection 2 years ago on August 3, 2006. He was [...]

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Janel Denny-47

Personal Stories: Janel Denny
In the Spring of 2001,I had an Aortic dissection at the age of 47 (same thing that the actor John Ritter died of) , It seemed like it [...]

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Jacqueline Davis Husband-48

Personal Stories: Roger Davis by Jacqueline (his wife)
Hi Brian,
My husband, was diagnosed with Aortic Dissection on September 4, 2007. He was actually sent home with a diagnosis of constipation. When [...]

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Miracle Lady survives an AorticDissection

I got this alert from my Google notifications about a women who experienced and AD while giving birth to her child. It’s a terrible outcome for the baby, but the mother survived and was able to keep going forward with her life.  The story is here and it’s a great outcome for her. What’s interesting is [...]

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My tennis game.. and stringing dilemma

Well, after playing with my Prince Oversize 107 rackets for 25 years, I have decided to switch.. Or did I? I ordered 3 new Head MicroGel Extreme Pro’s and had leather grips put on them, but never gave them a chance as I was having issues with overheads and forehands. So, after selling my Prince’s [...]

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Back to work… Getting back into the swing of things!

Well, it’s back to work for me.. finally, after being laid off on 5/2/2008, I landed my first day on the job with Global Crossing on 10/20/2008. I really like the company so far and the people are great! It’s nice to be in a much smaller company than BIG BROTHER VERIZONBUSINESS. I am so [...]

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Mike Morgan-46

Personal Stories: Mike Morgan
My husband had an acute type A aortic dissection on 6/25 of this year.  I have been reading other people’s descriptions of how their dissections occurred and [...]

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