[michellek]

I work in Interventional Radiology and we do BMB referred by hemotologist, little did I know I would become a pt. I had no reservations getting it done in IR because we do sedate. I don't remember anything. We can sedate because we have critical care nurses. We have one doctor that actually uses a mallet to get the needle to the bone marrow. Then I was referred to a University hospital and was surprised to find they don't sedate. My new doctor says he really needed to do it so he could do more studies on the samples so I gave in and had it without sedation. The needle going into the bone hurt. I would definately do it again WITH sedation. If I couldn't I would really reccommend bringing and ipod. I think that would have helped take my mind off what he was doing.