Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Same here. Piece of cake (and this is coming from someone who HATES needles). I had the biopsy done one afternoon. Local anesthetic (that was the only thing that hurt - it really burned for a minute or 2). After that I really couldn't feel anything as the neph poked me for the samples (several). The main concern was to have me hold my breath at the right time so my kidneys would stay still. MY main concern was that once in a while they would forget to tell me to breath again. I must have turned some pretty shades of blue at times. They had me spend the night in the hospital on my back. Collected all urine and verified no excess blood (my neph was somewhat surprised that he couldn't see any visible blood at all). Home the next morning instructed to take it REAL easy for a couple of days and no lifting for a couple of weeks. No problems at all. Re: What are biopsies like? I guess some hospitals are different than others. I had a biospy a couple of months ago and it went something like this: Went to the Hospital about 7:00am and was carted over to radiology, where the procedure took place. An ultrasound was used to find my left kidney and they used a Novocain type drug to numb the back for the needle. The Radiologist took a needle about a foot long and took a piece of they kidney to be send out to the lab. He stuck me with a needle about 3 times to get a good sample. This took about 2 hours (mostly waiting for the Radiologist, laying on my stomach) and was carted back to my room. I was told to stay laying down so gravity can help keep pressure on the kidney and stop the bleeding. I stayed on my back until 12:00pm and they gave me food and drinks. >From what I gathered they wanted me to urinate so they can see that I'm not urinating blood continuously. My blood pressure was taken every 10 minutes. At about 2:00pm, I was discharged from the hospital and was told to resume my normal activity the following day. I was a bit sore for about a week but it was manageable. The entire procedure took about 30mins and stayed in the hospital for about 6 hours. It really sounds worse than it really is with the big needle in your back. Hope this helps. > I was just wondering what a kidney biopsy is like? A friend told me > she had one a few years ago and she had to stay in the hospital > overnight. I thought it was a day procedure, with you going home > the same day. > > Also, what kind of anesthesia do they give you? They don't do a > spinal or an epidural, do they? How soon do you get the results? > > Thanks, > Ramona To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/ To unsubcribe via email, iga-nephropathy-unsubscribe Visit our companion website at www.igan.ca. The site is entirely supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to: http://www.igan.ca/id62.htm Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Same here. Piece of cake (and this is coming from someone who HATES needles). I had the biopsy done one afternoon. Local anesthetic (that was the only thing that hurt - it really burned for a minute or 2). After that I really couldn't feel anything as the neph poked me for the samples (several). The main concern was to have me hold my breath at the right time so my kidneys would stay still. MY main concern was that once in a while they would forget to tell me to breath again. I must have turned some pretty shades of blue at times. They had me spend the night in the hospital on my back. Collected all urine and verified no excess blood (my neph was somewhat surprised that he couldn't see any visible blood at all). Home the next morning instructed to take it REAL easy for a couple of days and no lifting for a couple of weeks. No problems at all. Re: What are biopsies like? I guess some hospitals are different than others. I had a biospy a couple of months ago and it went something like this: Went to the Hospital about 7:00am and was carted over to radiology, where the procedure took place. An ultrasound was used to find my left kidney and they used a Novocain type drug to numb the back for the needle. The Radiologist took a needle about a foot long and took a piece of they kidney to be send out to the lab. He stuck me with a needle about 3 times to get a good sample. This took about 2 hours (mostly waiting for the Radiologist, laying on my stomach) and was carted back to my room. I was told to stay laying down so gravity can help keep pressure on the kidney and stop the bleeding. I stayed on my back until 12:00pm and they gave me food and drinks. >From what I gathered they wanted me to urinate so they can see that I'm not urinating blood continuously. My blood pressure was taken every 10 minutes. At about 2:00pm, I was discharged from the hospital and was told to resume my normal activity the following day. I was a bit sore for about a week but it was manageable. The entire procedure took about 30mins and stayed in the hospital for about 6 hours. It really sounds worse than it really is with the big needle in your back. Hope this helps. > I was just wondering what a kidney biopsy is like? A friend told me > she had one a few years ago and she had to stay in the hospital > overnight. I thought it was a day procedure, with you going home > the same day. > > Also, what kind of anesthesia do they give you? They don't do a > spinal or an epidural, do they? How soon do you get the results? > > Thanks, > Ramona To edit your settings for the group, go to our Yahoo Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iga-nephropathy/ To unsubcribe via email, iga-nephropathy-unsubscribe Visit our companion website at www.igan.ca. The site is entirely supported by donations. If you would like to help, go to: http://www.igan.ca/id62.htm Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Ramona, if you ever do have a biopsy make sure you get to see the pictures. They are really interesting. One picture should be black, but in the areas that are damaged, it shows up this florescent green. Unfortunately I had a lot of green, but it made for one neat pic. The others are neat too if you're into that sort of thing, or maybe I'm just an " odd little duck " Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Ramona, if you ever do have a biopsy make sure you get to see the pictures. They are really interesting. One picture should be black, but in the areas that are damaged, it shows up this florescent green. Unfortunately I had a lot of green, but it made for one neat pic. The others are neat too if you're into that sort of thing, or maybe I'm just an " odd little duck " Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Oh cool! I love that sort of thing, too. Did you see the pictures during the test, or when you got the results? By the way, thanks for all these replies! I feel much better about things. Also - thanks to the person who told me about the three different kinds of results. That was helpful! Blessings, Ramona > Ramona, if you ever do have a biopsy make sure you get to see the pictures. They are really interesting. One picture should be black, but in the areas that are damaged, it shows up this florescent green. Unfortunately I had a lot of green, but it made for one neat pic. The others are neat too if you're into that sort of thing, or maybe I'm just an " odd little duck " Jen > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2004 Report Share Posted April 20, 2004 Oh cool! I love that sort of thing, too. Did you see the pictures during the test, or when you got the results? By the way, thanks for all these replies! I feel much better about things. Also - thanks to the person who told me about the three different kinds of results. That was helpful! Blessings, Ramona > Ramona, if you ever do have a biopsy make sure you get to see the pictures. They are really interesting. One picture should be black, but in the areas that are damaged, it shows up this florescent green. Unfortunately I had a lot of green, but it made for one neat pic. The others are neat too if you're into that sort of thing, or maybe I'm just an " odd little duck " Jen > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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