I may have asked this before but I'm curious. Am I only one who had the BMB done from the side? It seems like everyone has it done from the butt side. I laid on my side and the holes were in my side in the front a little...
Laura.
BMB taken from side of hip or back of butt?
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, Mar 21 2012 05:39 PM
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 07:30 PM
I laid on my side and he went in on the back right side, probably about 6 inches or so to the right of my spine, so closer to the side. I'm having my 6 month BMB on Friday with a different onc and I'll let you know if she does it any differently.
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 07:39 PM
Hi Laura,
If I remember correctly mine was done lying on my left side and he did it on my right hip. I may be wrong though I was pretty busy yelling and screaming, and flailing,and fighting the 3 nurses holding me down. luv Billie
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 07:48 PM
Mine was the same as Cindy's (right side too). I was surprised as I had thought it would be more on the side.
Btw Laura I know you are not keen on having another so I just thought I'd add that I had just the one as I had reached MMR by six months. My doc said once you've got a greater than 2 log reduction the odds of finding anything to look at in the marrow are really small so the only thing you get from the marrow is a PCR and you can get just as much info from the blood. I didn't argue with this. Plus I think you were really unlucky the first time round. I ran 100k the week I had my BMB including 50min the day after and 20k 48 hours after and that wasn't me being tough they just didn't hurt me.
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 11:02 PM
Mine was hard due to my weight. I think the pain I am feeling is scar tissue. I don't know but it's driving me nuts. I will ask Dr. Talpaz when I get in to see him. I agree with you. I am in MMR at 4 months out and have a THREE log reduction. Yet my idiot oncologist insists I have a BMB. NO THANKS!
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 11:03 PM
That's horrible! I had mine done under sedation by an orthopedic surgeon! My oncologist doesn't do BMBs and that's fine. I needed sedation!!
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 11:04 PM
I am approaching my 6 month one and I'm fighting it as my PCR shows a 3 log reduction. What were your PCR results like?
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Posted 22 March 2012 - 01:20 AM
Hi Laura,
Yeah that was pretty barbaric,first the onc gives me my dx,and 10 minutes later he did the bmb,and the aspiration, what a creep! I got another onc within 3 weeks,
the first onc wasn't at the cc where I go for very long. I hope they took his license away,he probably got it out of a cereal box anyway. That was almost 5 years ago and if I ever need another bmb,they better knock me out or I'll knock them out, they'll find out what a tough old broad I really am. Luv Billie
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