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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Hepatitis / January 2006Had my biopsy
I just underwent a very painful biopsy on Wednesday. I am just now starting to recover. Everything I have read on the net said it wouldn't be painful or only minimal pain. I have made a decision to never have another one done since I lay crying for 30 minutes until the percodet kicked in. But I am curious, do we have to go through just one or several of these suckers and will they knock you out if requested to do so. Susan- I've had two and neither was painful. I wondered why they gave me any drugs at all. I understood them wanting to keep me around for several hours to make sure there was no bleeding. But he pain was only like a bruise on my skin. Maybe you should contact your doc and see just how frequent this type of reaction is. Good luck, Steve Wow - You are lucky Steve. From what they told me at the Hospital, it is very common. It wasnt so much pain at the site, this went clear up to my shoulder. I couldnt move, could get no comfort. Hell maybe Im just a big baby when it comes to pain. I do know that it takes alot for me to cry and my pillow showed the results. I never had much in soreness with mine, a bit tender for a couple of days. When they jabbed me I was flying on phentynal and didn't much give a sh.t at the moment, hehe!! Hideous looking contraption for taking the sample. They used ultra-sound to guide the needle. Did they use that procedure for you? Just curious. Sorry you had so much discomfort. Hope your test's come out ok. Russ Yes, i did have an ultra sound before hand. My family doctor said they may have touched a nerve that runs up to my shoulder. I am glad to report that I am back to work today. >Yes, i did have an ultra sound before hand. My family doctor said they >may have touched a nerve that runs up to my shoulder. I am glad to >report that I am back to work today. Well I suppose that would be painful if they hit a nerve. When I had mine done in 12/2004 and 11/1997. They had n ultrasound machine on me while they doc was shooting the biopsy needle in. Steve > >Yes, i did have an ultra sound before hand. My family doctor said they > >may have touched a nerve that runs up to my shoulder. I am glad to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mine done in 12/2004 and 11/1997. They had n ultrasound machine on me > while they doc was shooting the biopsy needle in. Odd that there would be a pain nerve inside or run from midsection to shoulder. I'm not saying there isn't, just saying I don't know much about these things, but thought all the pain stuff was outer layers. The tall dark handsome doctor I had just drew an outline of my liver with his finger on my body for the very young beautiful lady Doctor observing. No ultra sound or anything. But they did have the pics from the Ultra taken maybe a month prior. (I didn't dare flinch with her there.) It didn't hurt, but I sure took advantage of the free sleep time after the 100 mile morning trip there. den > Steve Right-shoulder pain after biopsy is quite common. Shoulder pain after a biopsy is very common. I asked my BCLD about it and she said they really don't know why that is. Interesting eh??  SignatureShawn (use the "reply feature on your browser to send a private reply via E-Mail.) > Yes, i did have an ultra sound before hand. My family doctor said they > may have touched a nerve that runs up to my shoulder. I am glad to > report that I am back to work today. I had the very same experience! Have knock you out if have to have another one!! SignatureShawn (use the "reply feature on your browser to send a private reply via E-Mail.) >I just underwent a very painful biopsy on Wednesday. I am just now > starting to recover. Everything I have read on the net said it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > one or several of these suckers and will they knock you out if > requested to do so. > I just underwent a very painful biopsy on Wednesday. I am just now > starting to recover. Everything I have read on the net said it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > one or several of these suckers and will they knock you out if > requested to do so. Why did they give you percodet, Susan? Did you request it for pain? I felt nothing other than the punch. Mostly I knew what to expect from reading the posts here. The topical was only thing that really hurt and it was a pinch. I'm sorry you had a bad experience. I don't think it is a common thing that most should worry about. (?) And I don't think you would have to go through "several." (But others here can correct me on that.) I would think just the initial and then Viral counts. But I'm new to this. (Is percodet those big green gel pills? I thought they were called percocet? Is it the same thing except I was pronouncing it wrong?)(Thanks.) den Re: Had my biopsy Group: alt.support.hepatitis-c Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2006, 10:35am (CST+6) From: lvr_phnx@some.bar (Maitake) "Susan" <zimaky@tgtel.com> wrote: I just underwent a very painful biopsy on Wednesday. I am just now starting to recover. Everything I have read on the net said it wouldn't be painful or only minimal pain. I have made a decision to never have another one done since I lay crying for 30 minutes until the percodet kicked in. But I am curious, do we have to go through just one or several of these suckers and will they knock you out if requested to do so. Why did they give you percodet, Susan? Did you request it for pain? I felt nothing other than the punch. Mostly I knew what to expect from reading the posts here. The topical was only thing that really hurt and it was a pinch. I'm sorry you had a bad experience. I don't think it is a common thing that most should worry about. (?) And I don't think you would have to go through "several." (But others here can correct me on that.) I would think just the initial and then Viral counts. But I'm new to this. (Is percodet those big green gel pills? I thought they were called percocet? Is it the same thing except I was pronouncing it wrong?)(Thanks.) den //////////// As I recall, the doc that did my biopsy gave me IV morphine or something like that and I had very little pain. Can't understand why your doc didn't do something similar(?). elmo http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum > Re: Had my biopsy > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > didn't do something similar(?). > elmo my experience was like Den's... they gave me a local to numb the area, but that never does work for me.... It wasn't very painful in reality, but I was a bit tense, and it did hurt when they started putting the needle through my ribs to get to the liver... the doc told me that was because my ribs are very close together. so it hurt going in, but the actual needle into the liver 'grab' part went quickly, and I barely jumped :) No pain other than the going thru the ribs part, and the sound of that was almost worse than the little bit of pain involved :) I do think if/when I have to have another liver biopsy done, I'll push for some form of sedation/ more pain control. I think I'll just be tenser knowing that it did hurt the first time... and I do not relax easily anyway. Sara > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/DocElmosHepFile > > http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum Hi Sara! Tell the doc that you have "lab coat" syndrome and they'll fix you right up with some pain meds and relaxants. SignatureShawn (use the "reply feature on your browser to send a private reply via E-Mail.) >> Re: Had my biopsy >> [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >> >> http://community.webtv.net/elmoemerson/TheFamilyAlbum I hope you are right den. You are right about percocet (I just cant spell) but the ones they gave me were blue - you may be thinking about lorecet. On 22 Jan 2006 19:27:26 -0800, "Susan" <zimaky@tgtel.com>, in message ID <1137986846.735072.318090@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, in the newsgroup alt.support.hepatitis-c wrote: >I just underwent a very painful biopsy on Wednesday. I am just now >starting to recover. Everything I have read on the net said it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >one or several of these suckers and will they knock you out if >requested to do so. I only had one myself. I was a bit tender for a day or so after the painkiller wore off but nothing I couldn't cope with easily. Sorry to hear you had a rough ride of it Susan. The worst bit was as I left the hospital. Some kid rode his bike into me. He was heading for my right side too. I turned and instinctively protected myself by putting my arms up. He went flying. Poor sod. I helped him up and he was OK. I just said to him that I'd just had minor surgery in the hospital and didn't want the wound to open. He was fine with that. SignaturePaul Use the reply by email facility in your newsreader to send email > I just underwent a very painful biopsy on Wednesday. I am just now > starting to recover. Everything I have read on the net said it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > one or several of these suckers and will they knock you out if > requested to do so. Hi Susan, My first biopsy in 1998 was very similar to yours. It was done by a Hepatologist, who didn't think pain meds would be necessary, nor did he rush to give me anything when I requested it.(screamed it) The shoulder pain was awful, but I also had a deep gut pain too. My bp dropped real low also. I also felt some fear because of Dr Jerkoffs attitude. It took a lot of meds to settle me down, and if not for another doctor who took charge in recovery, I wouldn't have made it home that night. My last biopsy in Sept. 2005 was a breeze compared to the prior nightmare. I insisted this time to be pre medicated and also had a CT guided one. This was done by a radiologist at a different Med Center and I told him all that went on back then, he just told me not to worry and that I wouldn't feel a thing and I didn't. I wrote a letter to Hospital Administration and to Dr. j.rkoff after getting my results and told them about my experience, and I was sure to praise Dr. Angel and his nurse. This was at a U of P in Philly. My last experience with them. I had the second one over here in Jersey at Lourdes in Camden, I wrote them a nice letter commending Radiologist,Rad techs and nurses. You may never need another, but if you do, take charge of the next one. > I just underwent a very painful biopsy on Wednesday. I am just now > starting to recover. Everything I have read on the net said it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > one or several of these suckers and will they knock you out if > requested to do so. My BCLD does laparoscopic's, so I was out during the whole thing. I had the biopsy from hell too. Then again its all been hell Mags hell is the road to recovery |
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