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What was your experience with bone marrow biopsy?

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Nov 14 1:58pm | Replies (146)
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@kmacky

I had an attempted bone marrow biopsy without sedation, just last week. Canceled by doc after several attempts to reach the bone- I kept tending up because of too much pain and pressure. Am now rescheduled at hospital for a bmb WI TH sedation on the 11th of Nov.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Nov 2 11:27am

Hi Kathleen, Sedation will make all the difference in the world for you! Each of us have our own experiences and discomfort we feel doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with our pain threshold level. I am a tough old bird and nothing much causes me discomfort. But I had 13 bone marrow biopsies over my leukemia/bone marrow transplant odyssey and I can tell you, after 3 without and 10 with sedation…I will always go for sedation! ☺️ There is no shame in going with comfort! Plus I get to wake up to juice and Lorna Doone cookies. LOL. Good luck!

If you don’t mind sharing what is the reason for your bone marrow biopsy?

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kmacky | @kmacky | Nov 14 8:02am

FOLLOW UP- I had the BMB with sedation at the hospital and everything went very well. I was sore in my left hip the next 2 days. Great staff at this local Hospital in Ocala.

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