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Regarding the bone marrow biopsies, it is pretty common with hypo-cellular marrow and with fibrosis that you get dry taps, which tend to be a little more painful. Also, if your mother's doctor is not using a drill, then you might ask about the drill. The other possibility - sedation. I have been given my last 16 biopsies with the drill - I burned one out with the hard bones issue - but the pain is over with much more quickly, and the samples are better generally. Recovery time seems to be quicker as well.
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MDS RCMD w/grade 2-3 fibrosis. Allo-MUD Feb 26, 2014. Relapsed August 2014. Free and clear of MDS since November 2014 after treatment with Vidaza and Rituxan. Experiencing autoimmune attack on CNS thought to be GVHD, some gut, skin and ocular cGVHD. Neuropathy over 80% of body.
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