Recent content by jwongy

So I had an aortic dissection type B back in July 2016. No surgery, high blood pressure meds prescribed to control it. Followup visit November 2017 show that it is growing. Question: what are the symptoms of this type B aortic dissection growing? Should I be feeling pain? I do suffer from...

Right so you 1) have to have the dissection 2) it has to be getting worse (expanding). I just went to the cardio vascular. He told me he needs to put in a stent. That tells me it is getting worse enough to warrant surgery.

does having an Type B aortic dissection qualify for ssdi?

It is 11/10/17. What is your status now with ssdi? I had an aortic dissection type B. Used strong blood pressure meds. Can anybody help with this? I too thought an aortic dissection qualifies under 4.10. whether you recover or not shouldn't be an issue. I thought once you are diagnosed with...