Hello @kindel and welcome. This is a great place. I learned so much here. Kari is amazing. She has so much knowledge, and unfortunately so much experience. She has helped me a great deal. Do you mind sharing more of your symptoms and how you were diagnosed? Just the CT scan? That is how I was first diagnosed. It was an accident. I always had stomach issues. Told I had IBS and ulcers. One night the pain was so bad I went to er just for some pain meds or something. It was bad. They insisted on doing a ct scan. Good thing. They are like do you know your arteries are narrowed? I was like no, are they suppose to be? Next thing I know I am seeing a vascular surgeon, both celiac and SMA arteries were basically compressed almost 100%. It was different in the fact that the sma was involved. Usually it is just the celiac with mals. That is why my surgeon was surprised that it was the diaphragm crushing the arteries. He said my case was very rare. Everyone is different. A year or so later I had stents put in and then I had a balloon in the celiac. My celiac is narrowing again, but my sma has opened more. I don't know how but it does that. So we are holding off and see where I am at in 3 months. Many people however, can have a surgery and be done with it. Like I said everyone is different. Good luck! You will find a lot of helpful info on here! Jill