Re: Bone marrow aspiration

February 17, 2004

Thanks, Cary, for the information. I'm hoping that my WBC count will

start to go up soon so that a bone marrow aspiration won't be necessary.

Before my father died, I think they did one on him in the hospital. I

was there at the time, and he seemed to be in a great deal of pain. I

was helping to hold him down. They had a gigantic contraption and a

very long needle. That was over 20 years ago, so I'm sure they have

improved their methods since then. Sue

On Tuesday, February 17, 2004, at 07:54 AM, Birdijo@... wrote:

> This is true. I have assisted with bone marrow aspirations in the

> hospital.

> It is a very quick procedure, basically some novocaine-type drug is

> injected

> so you feel only the first poke, then a longer needle to get the

> marrow. The

> only problem is some doctors do not sedate the patient!!!!! Don't ask

> me why.

> When not sedated, it is painful but over quickly. So if I had to

> have this

> procedure done, I would clearly ask ahead of time how I was going to be

> sedated. If the hem/onc said I didn't need sedation, I would find a

> different

> doctor who cares about patient comfort. Hope this helps. The whole

> procedure

> takes maybe 5 minutes. Cary

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