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6.3mm basilar summit bifurcation fusiform aneurysm

6.3mm basilar summit bifurcation fusiform aneurysm

If any one can help me?
What activities to avoid? Which to actively pursue?
I want to know what the prognosis is. Are there treatment options available?

I am 48yr, 6'-1", 213lb Recently divorced. Male
My latest CTA results 6.3mm basilar summit bifurcation fusiform with ectasia not understanding ramifications of this.
I landed on my head twenty eight years ago flipping on a trampoline could this be the cause? I am dealing with the VA with this I have no insurance.

> Something not noted in the scans and I am not sure if there is any bearing, is that my c-2 and c-3 are fused. Some of my history. At the age of four or five I was hit as a pedestrian by a car. This happened again at the age of
maybe seven. In my early late teens or early twenties I landed on my head on a trampoline.
I take between 600mg to 1200mg Ibuprofin as needed for my headaches and body
pains. (my headache never seems to go away but does lessen in intensity)
One 80mg Baby aspirin per day.
20mg Lisinopril daily
12.5mg Hydrochlorothiazide daily
120mg Diltiazem daily
40mg Vardenafil as needed
They had me on Aggrenox but it made me feel really out of it. So that's when I switched to the Aspirin.
I have smoked occasionally throughout my life. I have high blood pressure which I keep under control. Cholesterol is ok. To my knowledge nobody in my family has had an aneurysm. Lung cancer father and  mother.

I have no diabetes or any other condition.
I have Psoriasis.

some symptoms I have been complaining about:
variable acuity in left eye, from 20/20 to barely able to see. starting in the right eye also last week. (I got the results of the MRI this week)
speech problems - stuttering, miss-used words, words in the wrong places, trouble remembering words. (this in patricular bothers me as I speak spanish, portuguese, and english and have a rather large vocabulary)
Saying things as I think them... oops I shouldn't have said that out loud lol
numbness in my extremities
numbness in my face
short term memory problems
trouble urinating
confusion while driving taking wrong turns etc. never had this before last year I have always been able to get to where I want to go with no problem.
also I have been lacking in motivation, I mentioned this to the Dr and he suggested I may be depressed. I don't think so though.

Well, I also have an arachnoid cyst. "TINY" is how they describe it. 2 cm x 8mm. Will this add complications? Nobody else in my has any cysts or aneurysms.

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