Reply to RH - Re: Large Biopsy

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RH

My response to your message is below your message

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" I thought they always did needle biopsies at that facility. I was

told that if there is a suspected respiratory chain defect, a " large "

(1/4 " x 1 " ) muscle biopsy, with nerve biopsy, is needed. "

" So I have a scar, but I have a definite diagnosis too. When will you

hear back? "

" Take care, "

RH

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I have no idea whether or not " they always did needle biopsies at that

facility " my message was a description of my biopsy.

If you had read my message fully you might have seen that I also had a

" large " muscle biopsy. The " slice " that I had taken was 1 " x2 "

Please note what was written in my message – especially the words in

parentheses which I have capitalized for easier reading.

" The procedure is much less invasive than the `take a strip of meat'

procedure and the resulting noticeable scar. (I HAD ONE OF THOSE BACK

IN 2002)

You wrote, " So I have a scar "

I too have a scar and the scar does not bother me. I'm male and at the

age where another scar or two – regardless of the size or location(s)

would not bother me. My large biopsy scar is on my upper arm. However,

there are numerous ladies out there who apparently are concerned about

" large " biopsy scars and have made comments about having " large "

biopsy scars on their legs.

The result of my " large' biopsy was a diagnosis of " non-genetic "

Mitochondrial Cytopathy that would ONLY affect my eyelids …and

" POSSIBLY " my heart. " POSSIBLY " my lifelong bilateral Ptosis and a

lifetime of being told that I had a heart murmur (now diagnosed as

Left Ventricle Hypertrophy) are part of what might " POSSIBLY " happen

as a result of my Mito being " non-genetic "

My other illnesses and symptoms (such as Diabetes, Chronic Fatigue,

Muscle Weakness, and Exercise Intolerance) were written off as " not

related " to Mito by the one who studied the " large " biopsy. No family

history was taken by into account by that " expert " even though my

siblings and ancestors suffer(ed) from illnesses and symptoms similar

to mine. (Probably just a medical coincidence …yeah! right!)

So, my " large " biopsy was, to me, just short of a complete waste and

because of an incompetent " expert " rendering a god-like opinion I

spent an additional two years of my life being told – by lesser

mortals, that " It's all in your head! "

You received a definite diagnosis from having a large biopsy then good

– be thankful.

Large or small maybe " the piece of meat " is not as important as the

actual knowledge, experience and competence of the one doing the

diagnosis!

Also, my message carried the following:

" NOTE:

I understand that Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky is going to be a guest on an

upcoming MDA Chat. You may want to ask him about this new biopsy

procedure because he is the doctor that performed the procedure that I

just wrote about. "

So you might want to ask questions or make comments during the chat.

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