Pain a lifesaver for Oak Lawn man

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John Dorgan who had 9-plus-centimeter aneurysm his aortbody's largest blood vessel shows cards stating whis his body diagram his surgery

John Dorgan, who had a 9-plus-centimeter aneurysm on his aorta, the body's largest blood vessel, shows the cards stating what is in his body, and a diagram of his surgery, at his home in Oak Lawn, IL on Thursday January 31, 2013. To repair it, a doc at Advocate Christ Medical Center inserted a small metal, mesh and fabric tube through a small cut in Dorgan's groin. Rather than an open, normal surgery which would have required about six months of recovery time, Dorgan left the hospital's ICU 36 hours after he arrived. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

John Dorgan who had 9-plus-centimeter aneurysm his aorthad his surgery is seen his home with his wife Barb Dorgan Oak

John Dorgan, who had a 9-plus-centimeter aneurysm on his aorta, and had his surgery, is seen at his home with his wife Barb Dorgan in Oak Lawn, IL on Thursday January 31, 2013. A doc at Advocate Christ Medical Center inserted a small metal, mesh and fabric tube through a small cut in Dorgan's groin. Rather than an open, normal surgery which would have required about six months of recovery time, Dorgan left the hospital's ICU 36 hours after he arrived. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

When he played football at Oak Lawn High School and later at the University of Illinois, John Dorgan was told to be tough and ignore pain. “You’re taught to run it off,” the Oak Lawn man said. But a year ago, when pain in his …