High triglycerides drive life-threatening aortic aneurysms, study in mice finds (Also aortic dissections)

Medical Xpress / University of Michigan / Circulation ^ | Aug. 14, 2025 | Noah Fromson / Yaozhong Liu et al

[rarestia]

Tallow has similar benefits, although I’m not sure about the adhesive qualities. Any natural, edible oil (tallow, coconut, butter, and olive oil) has benefits for your gut microbiome, metabolism, and overall health.

[Myrddin]

Thanks for the update. After lunch.

[Myrddin]

Surgery is very likely to fail in my case, so it is a waiting game.

[srmanuel]

I wish the best, open heart surgery is no joke it’s a very serious procedure and you will be in the hospital for a few days, I was in for 6-days and 5-nights

It was not particularly painful but as I said earlier the stress and anxiety was very real and I was not expecting that to happen

When I got home I slept in a recliner for three weeks because I couldn’t lay flat on my back

Cardiac rehab was the single best thing I did in recovery I would urge you to take it, it’s supervised exercise that gave a lot of confidence that my surgery was successful and was going to hold up when I stressed my heart during exercise

I wish you all the best

[Myrddin]

I lost most of last year to a Whipple procedure for Ampullary cancer. Painful and debilitating. Submitting to more surgery when the surgeon himself has no faith that it would be successful is unnecessary risk for uncertain gain. My oldest son had 4 open heart surgeries, 2 artificial valves, a pig patch and a pacemaker, so I’ve seen the consequences first hand.

[srmanuel]

Whatever is in your future I wish you the best, medical issues like that are difficult situations to deal with

[Myrddin]

Thanks. There is little to do beyond being cautious and getting my ducks in a row ahead of the event.