 Hi, my name is Gracie. I'm 46 years old from Bangalore. I was going for a routine checkup and I came to know there was a tumor growing in my kidney. Tumor was found in 2018, first when we did. So after that, after one year again we went to the doctor. So the doctor told it has already grown to 3.5 centimeters. So it is not safe to wait. We went to other hospitals. There the doctor told we have to do a surgery. Or there is another option. It is angioembolization. So that was not available in their hospital. So we had to call other hospitals where this surgery was available. So we called up Manipal Hospital. There we came to know that this procedure is done. So we went to Manipal and consulted Dr. Dubey. This procedure is they'll block the tube. So block the blood flow which is going to the tumor. So he referred us to radiologist Dr. Reddy Prasad. Once she presented to me, we performed a CT scan, confirmed the diagnosis of renal angiomyelopoma. And we advised that she would undergo an embolization procedure. He told us about the procedure, what and how it is. So first time I came to know about this embolization procedure. Doctor told it is safe. There is nothing to worry. Then we thought we'll take a chance on this because it's a new thing and I wanted to try. The traditional alternative for embolization is surgery where she would lose a portion of the kidney. And which means she will have to go through a partial nephrectomy and this is a relatively major procedure. However with interventional radiology and with the technical advances in our specialty, we were able to perform an embolization procedure. This is a minimally invasive procedure which is performed through a very tiny 2-3 mm incision under local anesthesia. A catheter which is a fine tube is taken selectively into the left kidney blood vessels. An angiogram is performed and a super selective catheterization of the blood vessels that are supplying the angiomyelopoma is performed. And this is usually blocked with some particles. However in this lady, a special technique had to be applied and we embolized this with some coils. Following the procedure, the patient performed very well. She was discharged the very next day and her recovery was very quick. After the procedure, I was shifted to the ward. There the next day, Dr. Reddy Prasad came to see me and I was like all excited to know that there is no scar and everything was done so smoothly. One and a half year down the line, the follow-up scans show complete resolution of the angiomyelopoma and Mrs. Gracie Santosh is doing extremely well. After two years, this is my testimony of my procedure. Deepak Dube who sent me to Dr. Reddy Prasad who did a wonderful job. His team was there. They took care of me very well and it was all because of Dr. Reddy Prasad. I can tell it was done very nicely.