Bone Marrow Biopsy Side Effects and Warnings

That is THE question to ask, thank you for posting it. Frankly people are overly caught up in personal opinion and do not seem to have any understanding of the fact that medical science, be it mainstream or alternative is based on DATA rather than personal feelings based on reading tidbits here and there. Perhaps what is even more unfortunate than the lack of data in such articles is the lack of understanding or appreciation of the need for data in this typical thinking process.

You admit you're not an expert and yet you have a laundry list of stereotypical alternative suggestions - is this really useful information? For the record I have actually been interested in alternative therapies for some 20 years, but my view has matured over that time. While nobody is going to ignore risk you are only focusing on fear when you focus on buzz words like "invasive" without any objective information, like an actual statistic on how often such complications occur. Such a forum eventually becomes a bunch of largely uninformed opinions without concrete information that people can use to make an informed decision. A philosophical paradigm mixed with thinly veiled fear and aversion is not a solution for any health condition, and really shows how far one has to go when it comes to mental or spiritual considerations.

With all due respect, what is that "probably" based on? It would help to have some form of reference or a statistic, after all that is not going to be made up based on a subjective feeling of an individual on the internet that we don't know. If you are a medical professional or otherwise qualify as someone more informed than the average individual it would help to have that information here so people know how to assess the information. It simply makes no sense to publish the info as-is given the combination of anonymity and vagueness of such a comment. Perhaps such articles published in the first place should include a statistic in the first place rather than just a simple word like "rare."

I have a sister that has breast cancer and it is also in the left hip area, we were shocked when we first found out because we don't know of anybody in our family who carried it. We recently found out that one of our ancestors had it. Anyway, this bone marrow biopsy was offered to her and we were skeptical about it because she had just recently had a pet scan which scans the whole body and we already know that she has stage 4 cancer, so why not just leave it alone? When we first found out, they gave her radiation, but her immune system was so low that it burned her inner thighs. She is taking chemo pills and radiation pills were just recently prescribed. So she decided to do the bone marrow biopsy, why not? let's see what happens! It was very painful but she is a strong woman. Well she is diabetic and the wound is healing very well. If you have faith in God, it makes a whole lot of difference, I know people say, "well why me?" if God is soo good! but everybody goes through trials and we all get blessings one way or another. Anyway, try "JESUS" if He doesn't heal us completely, He comforts us and we know that He is preparing a place for us, we are just passing through this life right now and from what I understand and what I am taught at church, there is no place like being with The Lord. "I can only imagine" google this song and it will blow you away! Hang in there!