Biopsy Hilarity
So under the heading of “embarrassing things that happen when you have cancer” allow me to share a humiliating experience that still makes me giggle every time I think about it. If you’re not close to anyone who has cancer, you may not realize that there are some cancers that are really aggressive and require immediate treatment the second you discover them, and some that are slower moving. These are often just as dangerous when they progress, but things like dietary changes, vitamin super-doses and various drugs may alleviate the symptoms long enough for you to go through a rigorous testing process. They look at your blood and poke you with a zillion needles. Seriously I think that’s where the number “zillion” comes from. via GIPHY So on my way to cancer treatment, I have had to have not one, but three biopsies. The first one was very kind and empathic, and done by my oncologist in her office, a bone marrow biopsy and aspiration. Parts of it were painful as fuck. And that’s coming from someone who lives with moderate to incredible pain every single day. The last one is on my lung and hasn’t been done yet. (How angry I am that this keeps getting rescheduled due to insurance fuck-ups is another post I’m not calm enough to write yet.) The second is the fun one we’re talking about, what I told was a biopsy on the lymph nodes in my abdomen, to check if they were aggressive enough