I had my bone marrow biopsy this morning. As with most things it didn't hurt as much as I expected. It was a terrible experience and not one I recommend (unless it's required) but I remember my previous ones hurting a lot more than this one did.
Obviously, I can't see what is happening so I got my mother to take some pictures of the procedure. They look really nasty so I've included some here. It makes it look worse than it is.
The 'dirty' skin is actually from back in the day when I got shingles, but that is reducing now with some great cream that I have.
On the second pic note the little red tube thing in the middle, that is a 'core' of bone that is extracted, and the slides contain bone marrow ready for checking.
I will get my results in just under 2 weeks and a decision on whether I miss the mini-BEAM chemo and jump straight into the stem cell transplant.
P.S. The location of the RSS feed has changed to http://www.deadlyhifi.com/atom.xml
2 comments:
respect Tom, having seen my teenage son go through the most gruelling chemotherapy, terrible side-effects, as you say reducing the whole body and immune system to critical because that is all there is....yet still having such dignity and grace and a wicked sense of humour, i know that there are definitely a group of human beings that are just too amazing to behold, their grace is something we all need, you are one of them Tom.
Keeping my fingers crossed that your results will be the what you want. You are an inspiration to us all and I wish you all the best for the future.
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