Have you ever had a...?

Question

Bone marrow biopsy? Did it hurt? What did they do? Was there tons of pain?

Answer 1

Unfortunately this is can be a painful procedure, but they dope you up pretty well before hand. Done with biopsy needle. You will be OK

Answer 2

You will most likely be lieing on your stomach.  They take the sample from the hip bone.  Unless you are a small child, you will be awake.  I wont let them do it without giving me ativan, but I know some people who do it with no meds.

They will numb the area with lidocaine and it will sting.  Then they take the liquid marrow sample.  Yes, it hurts a LOT.  But, it will only last about 30 seconds.  Then they will chip a peice of bone off, which can hurt, but I generally feel more pressure on that.

If the person knows what they are doing the whole proceedure from start to finish takes about 10 mins.

You will be sore for a couple days, but nothing major.

Do NOT let a student perform the proceedure.  I have done that, never will again.