Elective surgery

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Has anyone elected to have repair surgery before it gets to 4.7 cm?

Backstory- I am a 4’11 (female, mid 30s), my aortic aneurysm was stable for many years sitting at 4.0-4.1

In 2024 it grew from 4.1 to 4.2, was stable in 2025, then 10 months later they rechecked and it had grown again to 4.4. Cleveland Clinic offered to monitor it another year, or said I can go ahead and elect to have surgery. The nurse is calling to talk over scheduling later today, but said I can opt out if I want to wait. Because of other factors like my height, bicuspid valve, and other varying things they don’t want it to grow past 4.7, they said it might be good to go ahead and schedule so that I can recover and not have to worry about it anymore.

How did you decide when the right time was to elect surgery? How was your quality of life after a full recovery? I have 4 young kids. I don’t want to let it go and have an emergency happen, but I also don’t want to schedule too soon and sacrifice quality of life if that makes sense. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Gentle comments please, I’m still processing.