dr. seagle?hing is that this type of a thing -- i don't have the inside medical information. commonly it's something called a fatty tumor, which is benign. there's two ways you can remove it. one is to remove it surgically. the other is to blood off the blood supply. it's a good time to understand that we have advanced with modern surgical techniques where we can isolate and cut off the blood supply to something that is benign and shrink it so you don't have to remove it surgically. >> shepard: what is she undergoing right now? >> a little pain in the area, some discovered. a lot less if you removed it surgically. that's the good news. you go in through an artery and a small incision. catheter, artery. not a lot of pain. rapid recovery. >> shepard: the next few days, will the pain diminish? are there things a doctor would tell her to do or not do? >> they'll of course be watching her urine. they'll watch the area where the catheter went in. they'll tell her not to do a lot hoff extensive activity