Thanks everyone for all of your prayers and encouragement.

Man o man, all I can say is am I ever glad that is over with!!!  

Now I just have to pray that they got what they needed so they won't
have to call me back to do it all over again.

Turned out they did what they call 3 biopsies, but each biopsy required
6 tissue samples!  

Ouch!!!  

My neck is so darn bruised and sore from all of those 18 passes of the
needle.   And, of course, it never can go easy now can it!  

LOL....they were able to do the first 12 needle passes without too much
trouble, but the last set they they had to do, the area they wanted to
get at was so close to my trachea that they had a rough time of it and
then started talking about using a spinal needle to get at the area as
the spinal needles were longer and the area they wanted to get at was
very deep and at an awkward angle.  

Yikes!!!  

I needed them to stop twice and give me a break as it got a bit painful
and I just needed a break to keep my composure.  

A few tears did find their way out, but for the most part I was able to
keep it together.  They said I did really well, as they usually have
patients screaming and a few have passed out!   Sheesh glad they didn't
tell me that before hand, or I would have been out of there.  

They apologized for how long it all took and how kind of rough they
ended up getting at the end when they were after the really deep area
that was so close to the trachea.  

They handed me a glass of water and two tylenol at the end and two ice
packs.  Told me to expect a bit more swelling and bruising than usual
due to all the trouble they had.  

Took the bandages off when I got home and was quite shocked at how
bruised it really was.   Looks like someone jumped up and down on my
neck!   Lol....between those bruises and all of the bruises up and down
my arms from my most recent hospital stay, it really looks like someone
worked me over good!

In any case, they said they should have results by about wednesday of
next week and will know then if they got what they needed or if I will
have to come back for another round.  Ugggggh!

Am exhausted and think I will go lay down for a bit!

Thanks again, everyone, for all of  your prayers and encouragement, they
definitely do help!!!

Hugs,

Donna
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