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Shawn Gallagher-51

Personal Stories: Shawn Gallagher
In 2005, I was a healthy 51 year old male.  Just under 6 feet tall weighing in at around 225 pounds.  I had never smoked, drink moderately [...]

Chip Hurdle-52

Personal Stories: Chip Hurdle
November 24, 2003 was a day I will remember forever. I was on my way to
work and had a terrible stomach ache. My back was also hurting. I stayed
at work for [...]

Patricia Peterson

Personal Stories: Patricia Peterson
Hi Brian:  I’ve been trying to drop you an e-mail for quite sometime and finally got up the nerve to do it.  I had my aortic dissection on  Dec. 2lst and [...]

Earl Hamm-50

Personal Stories: Earl Hamm

I was was repairing a septic tank on Dec. 30th when I started feeling like something was not right. I went home for lunch, and then went [...]

David Mansker’s Father-62

Personal Stories: David Mansker
Until my experience with an Aortic Dissection, I had never heard of this happening. My experience was with my father, a 62 year old nonsmoker with no prior medical problems. My parents [...]

Cathy Mordecai-46

Personal Stories: Cathy Mordecai
I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am for this site. Because of the information you have presented here and the people I have had contact with, I am able [...]

Curt Rak-52

Personal Stories: Curt Rak
Brian,
Thank you for answering my email. Curt is 52 years old, has both an ascending and descending dissection. Curt had been a smoker since the age of 18 [...]

David Graham

Personal Stories: David Graham
Hi Brian,
My name is David Graham and i was hospitalized with an aortic dissection back on 1/21/04.
I am finally home now and i am really struggling with getting [...]