who,s had a liver biopsy done?

Does a liver biopsy hurt severely and impose relatively long term discomfort?

[SusieS2010]

No, not at all. It is an outpatient procedure. They numb the area with lidocaine which stings a bit. You feel some pressure and it is over in 30 seconds. The most annoying part for me was lying in recovery on my left side for a few hours. I had some pain in my right upper arm that went away with tylenol. I went back to work the next day. It is no big deal. You may be able to convince your doc to use a short acting drug like versaid if you are truly scared. But seriously, it is hardly worth the bother because the procedure is over in literally seconds.

[mlkinmb]

Overall it wasn't bad at all, very little pain. Mine was CT assisted. Numb, scan & stick three times. The most annoying part for me was being hooked up to the monitors, and the IV for the contrast. Also the laying on the side in recovery. I was in recovery during lunch, so I was served chicken breast was was surprisingly good! The whole process really wasn't bad whatsoever, better then I thought it may have been.

[spectda]

I've had three with no pain. The first two I had no anesthesia, the last was ct guided and I had anesthesia. It's a very quick procedure.
good luck-Dave

[nygirl7]

It takes less then two minutes and is basically like getting a shot-the hardest part of the whole thing is that you dont believe it's not going to hurt and you worry like hell and then it's over and you go "huh they were right".

[mikesimon]

I have had 7 or 8 with no anesthesia and no problems.

[frijole]

Just read your post an another thread on end stage liver disease and am wondering if you can even have a biopsy.  Doesn't ESLD preclude you from that - your platelets are probably so low you might bleed out.  Do you need a biopsy to get on the transplant list?  I am sorry for your condition. Do you have hep C too or is your liver condition from drinking?

IT does sound like you have turned some things around in the past few years.  You can treat without the biopsy.  Maybe that would be safer for you.
frijole

[fretboard]

The only thing that hurts about a liver biopsy is the time you have to spend at the hospital.  It's been an all day affair everytime I've had one.  The procedure itself isn't painful at all.  good luck!

[screaming48]

Had mine last month was ct guided and I was knocked out, didnt feel a thing and wasn't even sore afterwards, the blasted hep a and b shots hurt way worse.

[orphanedhawk]

They are a piece of cake.
For me,l it didn't take long at all, the  preparation, changing clothes, filling out paper work, etc, was more time consuming than the actual procedure.

[tjrusert]

The doctor knocked me out when he did mine too.  He said it was just a "twilight sleep"  but I felt just as knocked out as when I had my back surgery.  I didnt have any pain at all that I can remember.