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JB,
Wiki is close. The mass wraps itself around the aorta and then sends out a sheet-like fiber. The fiber tentacles (for lack of a better term) often attack the ureters (because, I assume, they are relatively close to the mass) and wrap around them. This stops the flow. I guess you could use the word "block" but in my mind that implies that something is inside the tubes.
It has been known to attack other areas, though, but there is not much research to go on.
Lili, it's not known to be fatal, at least any more than other diseases that wear down your system often without evidence.
I feel pretty good but it took me a full year to get back to near normal. Still not there after four years but much better now. I was at Rush Hospital in Chicago, also a teaching hospital. They had dealt with this before. Previous to that I was in podunkland at a hospital that kills more people than it helps. In fact, they discharged me with a creatnine level of 5. Incredible.
After the op I was home two days and then incurred a blod clot in my left leg, probably from the operation itself. So I was in the hospital for two full weeks, all told.
One night a nurse came in and looked at the fluid bag and her eyes got very wide. I was in the room with Yvonne and we both saw her reaction. Not a good sign. What happened was that the dispenser gave me a full bag of medicine in 1 hour (supposed to empty in 6 hours).
The moral of the story is if you are going in to any hospital of any credibility you need to bring along your advocate.
greg
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