Yeah, I know, I asked this question already, probably around ten times. So what can I say? My memory is shot. Y'all know that, and you kind and forgiving medhelpers will bear with me, right? So here goes...
I had a biopsy in May 2008, for whatever it was worth (not much), and now, hardly more than two years later, THEY (T-h-e-M-e-d-i-c-a-l-A-u-t-h-o-r-i-t-i-e-s, aka pill-pushers, saw-bones, and various and sundry other licensed health-pork receivers and bent-by-bucks AMA toadies) want me to have ANOTHER ONE!!! (Okay, I'm gonna keep calm, everything's copasetic, I've still got some valium left, I'm breathing deeply, in, out, in, out...)
Is there any point to this second biopsy so soon? Does anyone know? I mean, I had three pathologies on the first one and they gave it, respectively, F1, F1/F2, and F2, so what info are they gonna get out of another one right away?
After the Fibroscan disaster (F3 at my hospital, F1/F2 at a respected private lab), and what with all the recent stuff about HCV-induced liver fibrosis NOT being homogeneous, is there ANYTHING to be gained from another biopsy now?
I gotta go into my hospital next week and deal with these...uh...these... (my knees are twitching, I just spilled coffee all over the table here in the local ciber cafe, the waitresses are starting to get that "get-him-outta-here" frown on their faces)...
Put the needle in my liver, see what you pull out; put the needle into me and see if I will shout...
It's all for the good of science, my son. Gee, Pop, go ahead and stick it to me, what's another percutaneous liver biopsy between buddies, right?
Or should I tell em where they can stick it?
M.