What's biopsy like?
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From: Matthew Emme on 17 May 2005 22:56 On 5/13/05 6:32 AM, in article Ye0he.25$M36.7(a)newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net, "george conklin" <george(a)nxu.edu> wrote: > > "Leonard Evens" <len(a)math.northwestern.edu> wrote in message > news:pqGdncjAecvolBnfRVn-2g(a)comcast.com... >> po.ning(a)gmail.com wrote: >>> I am having a biopsy done in a couple of weeks and would like to get >>> some idea as to what the procedure will be like. I have had a couple >>> of colonoscopies done so I am familiar with the general idea. But how >>> much pain or discomfort will I experience? I know I'll be under >>> sedation. How quickly will I recover after the procedure? >> >> The great majority of men who have biopsies find it unpleasant but not >> specially painful. Mine was like a typical dental procedure. It is >> easier on you if your doctor first injects an anesthetic, much as drilling >> is easier if your dentist gives you some novocaine. >> >> Biopsies are not usually done under sedation. A colonoscopy is actually a >> much more intrusive procedure. It would be impossible to do a colonoscopy >> with the patient not under sedation. > > I have read of patients who refuse sedation for a colonscopy so they are > able to drive home. As for the biopsy, a close friend just had one and by > the 12th puncture he was in significant pain and very, very unhappy. > > > > Most people do well. By about biopsy number 10, I think most patients are ready to have it over. You can do a block of the prostate, but for many people this can hurt worse than just doing the biopsy. Lido jelly can help. If you are going to do many more than 15 cores (most people do not), the the block is nice or a little IV sedation. About 95% of people do just fine. The other 5% for what ever reason just would never do it again without IV meds. ME
From: Ron Head on 17 May 2005 23:36 I was given a needle which put me out to it for the time needed, about 30 minutes, and knew nothing about it. Way to go. "Matthew Emme" <maemme(a)charter.net> wrote in message news:BEB0191D.E88%maemme(a)charter.net... > On 5/13/05 6:32 AM, in article > Ye0he.25$M36.7(a)newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net, "george conklin" > <george(a)nxu.edu> wrote: > >> >> "Leonard Evens" <len(a)math.northwestern.edu> wrote in message >> news:pqGdncjAecvolBnfRVn-2g(a)comcast.com... >>> po.ning(a)gmail.com wrote: >>>> I am having a biopsy done in a couple of weeks and would like to get >>>> some idea as to what the procedure will be like. I have had a couple >>>> of colonoscopies done so I am familiar with the general idea. But how >>>> much pain or discomfort will I experience? I know I'll be under >>>> sedation. How quickly will I recover after the procedure? >>> >>> The great majority of men who have biopsies find it unpleasant but not >>> specially painful. Mine was like a typical dental procedure. It is >>> easier on you if your doctor first injects an anesthetic, much as >>> drilling >>> is easier if your dentist gives you some novocaine. >>> >>> Biopsies are not usually done under sedation. A colonoscopy is actually >>> a >>> much more intrusive procedure. It would be impossible to do a >>> colonoscopy >>> with the patient not under sedation. >> >> I have read of patients who refuse sedation for a colonscopy so they >> are >> able to drive home. As for the biopsy, a close friend just had one and >> by >> the 12th puncture he was in significant pain and very, very unhappy. >> >> >> >> > > > Most people do well. By about biopsy number 10, I think most patients are > ready to have it over. You can do a block of the prostate, but for many > people this can hurt worse than just doing the biopsy. Lido jelly can > help. > If you are going to do many more than 15 cores (most people do not), the > the > block is nice or a little IV sedation. > > About 95% of people do just fine. The other 5% for what ever reason just > would never do it again without IV meds. > > > ME > > >
From: Envo on 20 May 2005 02:34
> > It is possible if you have hemmorhoids that the procedure will cause them > to act up. If so, your doctor can prescribe a suppository to deal with > the problem. Other than that, you shouldn't have any pain afterwards. > True - my haemorrhoids objected strongly, but only after I got home. They went back to sleep after a few days. My 2nd biopsy,(ambiguous result on 1st) I told the doc about the previous after-effect,and he promised to be more careful! He was, in that respect, but about 20 mins after leaving the hospital building, waiting for wife to collect me, I came over light-headed, briefly fainted on the pavement (just as wife drove up!) and was taken back inside, vomiting into carrier bag. The doc checked me over (BP, etc..) and thought I had suffered post-traumatic shock and should have had a cup of sweet tea before I left, which would have prevented this. Instead I'd had a can of 'Coke'! Subject for medical research?? Incidentally,the biopsies were relatively easy to withstand. No sedative. etc.. Rather like a series of small electric shocks or elastic band 'flicks'. Antibiotic suppositories. Slight bleeding in urine for about 5 days. Envo |