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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
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
I had a biopsy back in July of 1998, and it really hurt. I had no fibrosis back then, but since then who knows. I guess it would be really good to know if my liver disease has worsened. I am so afraid of the mention of "biopsy" that I would rather take my chances and not know. I don't know what I would ever do to overcome my fear. Maybe swallowing a few valiums or pain pills would help. I wonder why they can't just knock you out to do the procedure?
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