Posted by Rev Turd Fredericks on 01/13/07 19:36

Respondant wrote:
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> Help Heather kick cancer's ass! http://www.limeproject.org
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> But the WORST, by FAR, was the bone marrow
> biopsy. I don't know if they still do it the same way these days, but I was
> given a tongue depressor and asked to assume the fetal-position while they
> shoved something that (IIRC) looked pretty-much like a cork screw into my
> hip. Screwed it IN, and YANKED it out. I NEVER felt pain like that before,
> and hope I never do again. Bottom line? Hodgkin's Disease.
>
A few months aqo I had a bone marrow biopsy and it was totally painless.
They have refined the technique and the drugs they use. It stung a bit
for a few days after, but no worse than a cut would have. Thankfully for
me, the news was good.


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