My husband, Roger Burges, a 52 year old Pharmaceutical Industry scientist suffered his dissecting aortic aneurysm while practising his golf swing at 7.30pm on Saturday, 30th July, 1994.

On May 4, 1995, I was getting ready for work, when I experienced a sharp chest pain.

At about midnight Dr. Morris came out of surgery and informed us that once they opened the chest they found a thoracic aortic aneurysm that was approximately 6.5 cm.