Omelet wrote:
> In article >, Blinky the
> Shark > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>>
>> > I used Bone Marrow Biopsy needles for blowing out emu and ostrich
>> > eggs with a fish tank compressor. ;-)
>>
>> Having had them drill into my pelvis a couple times for bone marrow
>> specimens, I can attest that using those to blow out eggs is a more
>> pleasant use.
>
> I know.
>
> I've assisted on more than one Biopsy. I and my co-workers have to
> prepare the slides for the Pathologist to read.
>
> Makes me nauseous every time I watch one of those things. <shudder>
>
> But, I still signed up at the local tissue center to do bone marrow
> donation if I'm ever called on to do it.
>
> At least they knock you out for that. ;-)
>
> Did you have leukemia or suspect?

I was in the hospital for three weeks with one or more serious
infections due to a virtually totally crashed immune system. They never
figured out what hit me, and this was a respected major university
teaching hospital. They threatened me with a bone-marrow transplant.
Right. I had no insurance. I lucked out and a year of self-injecting a
very expensive ($320 a shot[1]) drug called Neupogen got my white count
up off the floor and to an acceptable and sustainable-without-drugs
level.

[1] The manufacturer provided it free, as I proved my hardship status in
the context of three to five of those injections a week.


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