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@hipsu5 Before you decide on they biopsy please ask lots of questions. My local hospital only does the old type of biopsy one that has the the needle inserted in the back and done by manually turning it by hand to get the sample. My doctor sent me out of town to another doctor that uses a drill. They put me on my stomach and put me to sleep. Did the procedure and I never felt a thing and the best thing was no pain at all. So this way is no big deal I was in and out of the hospital in 4 to 5 hours.

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Thanks for your comment. How much pain there is after the BMB? Does it take a long time to recover? I had the FNB for my thyroid nodule. It wasn't too painful a procedure with lidocaine, just unpleasant. It left just little unnoticeable needle marks, but I had some pain on that side of my neck and head all the way to the ear for quite some time.
- Hipsu