Well although its not something I was looking forward too, it wasn't something I was dreading that much!
Luckily I was landed with a really gentle nurse who was a lymphoma specialist and is my new point of call for all my needs!
I opted for the no Canula related pain relief as the Canula would be worse than the bone marrow!! ( and may have finished me off! ) I opted for local anaesthetic and gas and air.
The local felt like a bee sting, well 3 bee stings really! Just as I thought I was numb she went deeper and deeper before tapping the needle on the bone to see if it was numb, weird tapping feeling?!
I naively though that would mean I was virtually numb and would just feel pressure. 4 sucks on the gas and air and I could feel the pressure building and in the strategically placed picture on the wall I could see the reflection of the nurses arm corkscrewing into my back......nice view!
Just as I was thinking " this is ok" she screwed through my nerves...... Ouch Ouch Ouch. After holding my breath and contorted my face at rick I was nearly there! I didn't anticipate that the whole of my right leg felt like it was being electrocuted that was prob worst bit. Then she screwed needle other way and took out some core! And it was all over and I could breathe again!
Was it better or worse than I expected? I'm not sure!!? I'm not sure i anticipated the intensive nerve pain that literally took my breath away but it was over relatively quickly so wasn't that bad really! Apparently because I'm young ( well in the lymphoma world! ) I have more nerves around there so I was actually well hard!
Hopefully there will be nothing lurking in it so it won't need repeating! If It does then I certainly won't be loosing any sleep about it!
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