Biopsy Question - Use for Anything

[GwithHepC]

Hello Everyone:

I just had my first biopsy; thankfully I didn't have any complications, but it didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped.  While being interviewed by the nurse the morning of the biopsy  I looked down at my paperwork and saw next to primary diagnosis HIV and next to secondary diagnosis HCV.  Well this shocked the s**t out of me because I took an HIV test a month ago with my PCP and was told it was negative (I don't have any real risk factors).  It was repeated 2 weeks ago by the specialist because they wanted to have the results for their records.  I wasn't told the results by the specialist because the lab screwed up my blood tests a couple of times and they had to be repeated; I wasn't really worried because I knew the first test was negative.  Needless to say this concerned me greatly and I asked the nurse why my primary diagnosis was HIV.  She said she didn't know and would call the doctor and ask.  It was about a half hour before I finally saw the doctor and got an answer.  He said it was a mistake and showed me my negative test results.  For the half hour not knowing I was starting to get really freaked out.  The biopsy itself hurt a bit more than I expected.  I got the referred shoulder pain, but I also got another pain I wasn't expecting.  It was a shooting pain across my abdomen; the pain started on the right and shot straight across towards my left side.  Has anyone else had this type of pain during the biopsy?  I haven't read about it before.  

Feel free to use this post for any other questions.  Thanks!

G

[reposyco]

I JUST HAD A BIOPSY AND IT WAS NOT AS BAD AS I HAD THOUGHT.IT WAS INDEED ULTRASOUND GUIDED THE ONLY PAIN WAS THE STICK FROM THE NEEDLE TO NUMB THE SITE AND AFTERWARDS THE SHOULDER PAIN EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T TO BAD BUT THEY GAVE ME PERCACET AND IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS IT WAS GONE,THOUGH I AM SORRY TO HEAR YOU ALL HAD SOME PROBLEMS I WOULD TELL SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING INTO IT ,IT'S SO BAD........DELORES,BEST WISHES TO ALL

[garyford]

I had my first liver biopsy today and I've had 3 biopsies on my transplanted kidney. They told me it was a piece of cake.....wrong for me. The procedure did go pretty good, but when they put me on my side, the pain shot up my shoulder and it felt like I had broken ribs all of a sudden. I couldn't breath and it was very painful for about an hour. I asked for some tylenol and the nurse wouldn't give me anything. After the pain died down, the doctor came in and was upset cause he said they should have called him and I could have had anything to ease the pain!! On this peticular case, there was alot of un-neccessary pain.

[lackalustre]

yes i had chronic fatigue syndrome for years only to find out it was hepc in 98.      i read something in a magazine or somewheres that said a very large % of people who were previously diagnosed with chronic fatigue actually have hepatitis c.   there was no test for hepc till the early 90's.

[Micro2]

Has anyone heard of chronic fatigue syndrome as it relates to hep C ?

[nurse12hr]

My husband had sedation for the biopsy, and he said it wasn't too bad.

We had problems on the ride home, though.  Once in the car, he lit up a cigarette (no longer smokes, this happened a long time ago).  About 5 minutes later, he was very quiet, I looked over at him and he was white as a ghost and non-responsive (and had dropped his cig which was burning a hole in my upholstery to boot).  Pulled over and tried to see what was wrong--he was sweating like a pig and totally unconscious.  Had to call 911 and they brought him right back to the hosp--where they were at first afraid he was bleeding internally from the biopsy.

Turns out he just had a vagal incident, probably from smoking and the sedation.  He got some iv fluid and was fine.  

But the actual biopsy went great--word to the wise, don't smoke right after!

[GwithHepC]

Thanks.  Although I am sorry you had any pain during the biopsy, it helps to know someone else experienced the same thing.