Hi Chirley & Karen!
Like Karen, I've had all my BMB's lying flat on my stomach. I hove noticed, however, that a lot of web illustrations of the procedure have folks on their sides.
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I haven't had a "dry tap," but during my BMB last May, at NIH, the resident managed to drill into spot where the marrow was too thin to get a good sample of the marrow. They called in a staff physician, who tried a second spot, but he also failed to come up with a usable sample.
I'm hopeful the BMB just done will prove more useful.
Take care!
Greg
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