@richardab. Depending on the patient’s medical needs, bone marrow biopsies (bmb) are ordered to check progression of blood diseases. The bone marrow is the blood manufacturing site for all the blood products in the body. A biopsy and examination of the marrow and the peripheral blood in the marrow helps give your oncologist a clear picture of the health of your marrow and blood.

Your bmb of several years ago gave a baseline for what your bone marrow capabilities were at the time. If blood numbers are changing, your doctor may place orders to have that repeated to see if anything of significance has changed. Keep me posted, ok?