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My good friend Jim (RedneckDude) found out today that he has been diagnosed with an Aortic Aneurysm. Please send him love and prayers in this post, he definitely has mine!
Thanks everyone. You guys are family. I appreciate the kind words and thoughts. I will just say this:
I'm NOT gonna be asking anyone for money although anyone wishing to help with my loss of income could PM me if they wanted... 
I'll keep yuns posted.
Ok, admittedly that was a bit dramatic...lol. I was distraught at the moment.
So, what is happening?
Ok, I have been sick for weeks, kept ignoring it, thinking it's just allergies. Finally I decide to go the the doctor to get some help. A lung xray and some discussion said I had a bacterial lung infection, for which I am being treated.
That xray also showed an aortic aneurysm way up near my heart. Cardiologist is next move.
My wife has temporarily lost half her bring home pay, 1400 per month loss, so even though the Dr said no work, I have to work as long as I can. Fortunately, running a register at a gas station isn't grueling work.
Can't offer specific medical advice but if it were me, consultation with a cardiothoracic surgeon should be arranged soon. There's enlargement (ectasia) and then there's aneurysm. Matter of degree but the distinction is important. Wishing all the best for you.
Exactly, and a Cardiothoracic surgeon is the right step, along with imaging.
I pray God have Grace and Mercy for Jim's situation. Thanks.
Seeing my PCP at 9 am tomorrow, he will send me to a cardiologist. We shall see. As for the swab testing/panel, labs tested negative for everything, yet I am sick for 3 weeks.
Go figure.
Guys, I'm having an ultrasound this afternoon to look at the aorta.
Steroids, inhaler, etc, etc. Human Parainfluenza is the diagnosis on the lung infection.
Human? Sure it wasn't Simian, Red? 
Ok, they don't think it's an aneurysm, but there is a definite bulge. CT scan on Tuesday to look closer.
There ya go. Ectasia (a widening, but less than an aneurysm), or maybe just a simple bulge (like your tummy ). Tests can yield true, or false information. All tests have their limitations, as do their interpretations. CT should yield definitive information in this setting.
By the way, have they discovered why your neck's red?
This common condition has the rather intimidating name of Poikiloderma of Civatte. It is named for Achille Civatte, the French dermatologist who first described it in 1923. However, it is usually simply called “redness of the neck”
Indeed.
So...that was Achille's heel err...neck? 
It's cause its embarrassed by what's growing on it.
It's cause its embarrassed by what's growing on it.
LMAO. Evil BDBF...that just ain't right.
Don't listen to him, Jim.
It's cause its embarrassed by what's growing on it.
Love you RedneckDude.
My sputum culture is growing e-coli. WTF?
Doc?
Bacteremic Escherichia coli pneumonia?
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