Posted by Respondant on 01/13/07 19:48

FrozenNorth wrote:

> Rev Turd Fredericks tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:
>
>> Respondant wrote:
>>> -=Biscuit=- wrote:
>>>
>>> <sig partially restored>
>>>
>>> Help Heather kick cancer's ass! http://www.limeproject.org
>>>
>> 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.
>>
> Sounds about like mine, a little over a year ago, good news here too.

Glad to read they've made the procedure a lot less painful, and that both
you and the Rev got good news.

Sadly, that isn't always the case.

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