i did join the list, and thank you!
the ct was done w/ contrast, i am going up to the hospital tomorrow to get a copy of the report(s), as i'm very interested to see them.
i've had high bp for awhile (runs in the family) but it escalated terribly at the end of april, and i ended up in ccu for 9 days in may.
I'm on medicaid, so i'm probably limited to what urologist/surgeon will accept medicaid, many docs around here do not, so that stinks for me.
i would love to have the lap instead of open, i've had 6 previous open abdominal surgeries, and have a real problem now with internal adhesions, so wondering if that might pose a problem with a lap procedure.
all the info provided here has been extremely helpful, thanks so much