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Diagnosed with MGUS and CHIP with M spike
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Nov 23 6:10pm | Replies (41)Comment receiving replies
@mrsruby Let me add my welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I have had 4 BMB, all without sedation. So much depends on the practitioner's experience when the do the procedure, is what I found out. My previous oncologist did my first one, and it was uncomfortable. The last 3 have been by my current hematologist oncologist, and I barely felt anything. I was able to drive my 2 hours back home right away, after each one!
You may experience some localized discomfort. They will use a numbing agent topically [usually lidocaine]. You will probably feel pressure as they use a tool to access the bone marrow. What my guy does is have his nurse right there with me, to talk and distract me, keep my focus off the procedure. We have a good time, laughing about all kinds of things, and she will also rub my hands or arms to distract my physical response. They have a real good system down for doing that!
Please let me know if I can help in any way?
Ginger
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Hi Ginger ! If I may. I want to disagree with you about how a bone marrow biopsy feels ! I had totally of three in doctors office with just some lidocaine or something like it !! The third biopsy was very painful and if I was not lying down ! I would have passed out !
My last BMB WAS DONE IN A HOSPITAL UNDER SEDATION ! Anaesthesia!!
BEST DECISION I MADE ! No pain
They got fluid and bone samples and felt nothing !!
My point is , that not all of us are so lucky to have such a pleasant experience with invasive procedure like BMB ! My doctor s nor the nurse who did the biopsy informed me what was really going to happen! Not that it could be very painful!
So for the last MBM ! I was not going to put myself through that! I only share my experience because if I was told how invasive and painful it would be , I would have insisted that it was done under anaesthesia!
Thank you for sharing your experience! Hanya
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@gingerw Thank you so much for sharing your personal experience. My hematologist/oncologist has been great to me and we find some laughter with some his ideas.....I will be finding out more after next week about future tests. I have a list of questions for him, though he usually answers most of them during the appointment. Thanks again. LR