This is how I feel right now in the waiting room!
I’m waiting for labs before my procedure. Quite the well oiled machine so far. Risks are always high in an oncology center so masks mandatory!
Labs didn't happen before my procedure so I'll have to get them after. Time for my bone marrow aspirate!
So, that was interesting. I'm not sure what I expected a bone marrow aspirate to feel like but wow! Pressure and weird pain-like feelings throughout the procedure.
I was positioned on my belly (supine) so she could access the back of my hip bone. She used a bony landmark on my hip bone known as the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) to find a flat spot so the needle would be less likely to slip.
This is a view from back to front - PSIS is the 2nd down on the left
She lidocained me up so I wouldn't feel the insertion of the needle, cut a small slit in my skin, and then went to town boring into my hip bone.
The boring needle slipped off the bone and went into my body further than intended, but she was able to reposition and get it into my bone as planned.
She then took bone marrow out via a syringe which I could feel as pressure/pain moving from inside out. She then took out the boring needle and covered it with gauze and a tegaderm (clear tape).
The whole procedure took no more than 20 minutes.
I'm back at our VRBO and had some great Vietnamese food from Pho and Cafe Saigon. Highly recommend if you get to University City.
Time to rest and visit with my Mom! Thanks for everyone who has cheered me on with this new adventure!
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