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Polycystic kidney disease could I still get a BBL?

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Momof21112Jan 25, 2019

I’ve been on this journey for quite sometime and I’ve recently found out I have cyst on my kidneys . I do take 5mg of blood pressure meds but outside of that I’m healthy . Would I be a good candidate for a BBL?

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