Posted by Respondant on 01/13/07 19:42

Rev Turd Fredericks wrote:

> Respondant wrote:
>> -=Biscuit=- wrote:
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>> Help Heather kick cancer's ass! http://www.limeproject.org
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> SNIP>>>>>
>
>> 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.

Good to know. When I had it done (again, 1977) all I was given was a
"local" and a tongue depressor to bite on.

Never did find out why they didn't put me "out" for that, or at least do it
while I was already "under" having the lymph nodes removed.

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