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CT Lung Biopsy
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February 23, 2007
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This past wednesday (21st), I had my CT Lung biopsy. I got myself so worked up for this and was scared that if it was ANYTHING like the bone marrow biopsy, I would probably faint. They told me I had to stay awake during the procedure b/c I had to follow certain breathing instructions so my Gen. Pract. doc prescribed me some sedatives to take some of the anxiety away. I think it helped....
I got this biopsy done at NY Presbyterian and the appt was for 8 am, which means we had to leave our house no later than 6 am to make it there on time.
The radiologist was the one performing the biopsy because they had to use a CT scanner to pinpoint the right area to go in and he is the one who can read the CT scan real well..
It was a tough procedure in that I had to lay completely still in one position for 1 hour straight. One little movement and they would have to start all over from scratch. I tried my best to lay still, but since they went in through my back, I had to lay on my stomach, and any woman will tell you, it's not comfortable when you have a 'chest'... It was very hard to breath.
They injected lidocaine into my back to numb the area where the needle was going in... The MOST pain during the procedure I felt was when they injected that. It was a pinch and some burning. Not much... He must've injected me a total of 6 times during the procedure...GOOD THING.
Anyway, the doc told me that people usually do not complain of any pain from this procedure, but in some rare cases some patients feel pain in the front of their chest, and that's because the nerves wrap around from the back to the front...even though there's nothing wrong there, it still hurts. (if that makes sense)
Anyway, go figure, I had that pain, and it happened during the last 20 minutes while I was laying on the CT Table. It was quite unbearable. I'd say pain was a 9 out of 10... if it was a 10 I would've passed out completely. Knowing I had to stay completely still or go through another hour of pain, I tried my best to just try and breath through out.
Through out the test they did CT scans to make sure the needle was in place and to make sure my lung did not collapse.
They wound up having to go back in a second time, which my doc said is the average for this procedure...to make sure they have enough sample to biopsy.
Afterwards, I continued to have pain everytime I breathed in or out, it was horrible, and I was getting cold sweats and felt like i was going to pass out. I couldn't cry b/c when I tried a little the pain intensified.
After about an hour or 2 in the recovery area along with some tylenol, the pain started to fade away. Then they took another XRay to check again to make sure the lung had not collapsed.
They told me the feeling I had was the same feeling as a collapsed lung and they were concerned, but the x-rays and CT scans showed that everything was okay. I was happy to hear that, and figured I could handle the pain knowing there was nothing seriously wrong to be causing the pain. Just my damn ol' sensitivity.
When I left the hospital, the pain was about a 6 out of 10.
The following day, I was back at work, pain at a 2 out of 10...
I was shocked and amazed at how well the procedure actually went considering all my worry.
I think I have more 'pain' with procedures just because I have Fibromyalgia...
NY Presbyterian has some really good doctors and I DO trust them... it just sucks that they are so far away from me...
I should find out the results of the biopsy Monday.
(They biopsied the infiltrate fluid, they did not take a piece of my lung)...Labels: health, lungs |
| posted by Typette @ 8:49 PM |
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Follow up...
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So, Since my last entry, i've gone to Savannah and had a blast. Definitely want to do another solo vacation in the future or one with my younger sis or something, since that's something I haven't done yet either.
I didn't take many pics while in Georgia, b/c I was too busy shopping in downtown Savannah...Ha! Didn't want to lug around a camera and juggle my shopping bags.
If you want to check them out...here's my Flickr page.
Also, though there was an ice storm on V-day, Mike and I still managed to make it into NYC to see Dave Koz. It was a concert we'll never forget. Truly amazing... I've always wanted to see him and FINALLY got the chance... 101.9 fm was putting on the concert and though Anita Baker got snowed in, we still got to see Jonathan Butler, David Benoit and BB Winans that night.Labels: Solo Vacation |
| posted by Typette @ 8:34 PM |
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