Hi TOS8,

boy your rant about the "surgery that butchered" you really made me sad. You are too young to be suffering with this! I know what you have had because I had that same surgery.

With regard to your question about what caused your kidney vascular change, I am going to agree with Neurochic and vote for the Hypertension.

There are so many people struggling with many medically complex illnesses on these forums and they have done alot of research and some of them are medical professionals themselves so there is alot of great advice on here and alot of people that want to help I have found. However, there are also regional differences and Medicine is also an Art, so not all doctors practice medicine the same way, and certain states have different rules for Pain Medication prescribing, etc., so not all Advice applies.