Tamala Jones

I hid the fact that I had an aneurysm for a very long time. I was embarrassed, and I just felt like no one needed to know because it made me look weak. Who would of thought someone my age, at 23, had a brain aneurysm?

American Actress

Jeff Green

I'm blessed to see another day. For something like that, with any strenuous activity, the tissue could rupture. Could have died, quite frankly. I'm grateful to the doctors in Boston that detected the aneurysm.

American Athlete

Teri Garr

Everyone I tell that I had an aneurysm always says, 'Oh, my cousin died from that.' Well, I didn't, so I'm amazed. I was in a wheelchair, and I had to go to rehab. And now I'm walking!

Karren Brady

The brain aneurysm I had in 2006 put things into perspective. It made me understand what was really important - to enjoy life, take more risks and stop putting things off.

British Public Servant

Kara Swisher

Dr. Louis Bush Swisher died from the complications of a brain aneurysm that burst without warning one sunny Sunday morning less than 40 years ago.

American Journalist

Maryam D'Abo

Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off - your experience of life is more intense.

English Actress

William Osler

There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.

Canadian Scientist

An aneurysm refers to a serious medical condition requiring professional attention, not a minor issue.

Medical Condition

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe a point of high tension or a critical situation.

Metaphorical Use

Aneurysms are associated with risk of rupture, creating a sense of urgency and danger.

Urgency and Risk

 I was diagnosed with a large aneurysm at the base of my thoracic aorta. This led to open-heart surgery. This is the actual real email from my doctor right there. Now, when I got this, I was -- press Caps Lock -- absolutely freaked out, okay?

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 guy who'd sung lullabies to the elephant was in jail the elephant herself had died her brain aneurysm although people in the circus said that she died of a broken heart because she'd been a week

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 said, "ruptured aneurysm". So you find, not surprisingly, the police saying, "We're going to look a lot smarter if we stay away from the science side of the story."