Donna, I'm very sorry that you had to endure such pain too...and I am with you, these forums are wonderful. by the way, yesterday, the local hematologist asked my husband why we were going to make such a long drive to have the bone marrow biopsy done under sedation, when he could do it in his office in 5 minutes. ...the rest of that story is that the consulting hematologist at the university hospital last year told Bruce they needed him to have his second bmb in a month, because the slides from the 5 minute one were unusable.
and Chirley, thank God you never had to fight for sedation and your doctors understand how much people with bone marrow diseases go through. No one should have to have 3 nurses hold them down during such an important procedure as a bone marrow biopsy, as happened with my husband.
on a lighter note, Marlene, wanted to tell you, I did look at Bruce's eyes after reading about the eye test for Wilsons. His eyes looked blue, just like always. Unfortunately after I shined a flashlight into his eyes, he couldn't see anything but a big spot for some time. So much for my examination skills.
