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                        You didn't say if you are going to have an AAA.  I had one in August 1998.  Wow.  The size of mine was 4.3cm, the risk of rupture was small, but who wants to take a chance.  I really haven't been the same since that surgery.  I have had 6 hernia surgeries since then.  If you want to know more e-mail me.  Good Luck