Yeah two doctors are in Dallas

that I'm going to: a urologist and a cardiologist.. cardiologist to fix the hole because nobody in town here does that.. the urologist in Dallas because the urologists here only know how to remove the entire kidney - not resect a tumor off it..

Insurance will definitely take care of the kidney resection and - hopefully - the heart hole.. If I were not a diver, the hole would probably never be fixed.... So, I don't think its a money thing with the kidney surgery, cuz insurance will definitely pay to remove it surgically.. it just won't pay to ablate it, which is what I'd prefer.. The heart hole I'm not sure about since its more of an elective procedure.. The local cardiologist told me the plug device alone costs $35K - its just a tube with an umbrella looking thing and it costs the same as a nice car!

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