how bad is a muscle byopzy ??

[melissabarnett]

went to the genetictsts on the 9th for my 2 year old and came out with this
for her weight hight and age her head is way to small she is back to haveing CP myosistis and needs to start P/T again and AFO;s & SMO;s cromozone testing to see if all is well there or if they are to big to small or have add ons or parts missing

her father myslef and her  all have to have the muscil byopzys im not worried for us just her cause of the myosistis and all  pluss dr. hummule said if u havent started the disibilty claim yet start it now i did that back in 08 still waiting on court date grrrr

and BTW ill send in a councoler for childern with special health care needs then off to labs we went for the blood draw so that they can take a look at stephs cromozons wont know about that for about 4 to 6 weeks  the wait grrrrrr!!!  so has any one on here had a muscle byopzy  can u tell me what to be instore for  all info would be great i know this isnt about MS but i just thought someone out there might have had one done and could help

[melissabarnett]

thank u all for ur info  and the heads up on this matter  im not worried about the pain for me just my little steph and with her already haveing myosistis i just worry that the muscle byopsy will make it worse  she realy is a little troper she never cries she is my prefict girl even with all her phicial problems  ill keep u all posted thanks again  

[JenEpicFarms]

It will depend on which place they take the muscle from and how large a section of muscle they need to remove. I had a biopsy done on top of my left thigh to confirm a diagnosis of Dermatomyositis at the very end of 2008 (my idea of a New Year's Eve party, haha :o) My leg was terribly sore for the first week, but bearable then tolerable within a week or two (I was already walking with a cane, and that helped to keep some of the pressure off).

Bear in mind that Dermatomyositis is a muscle disease, so the biopsy aggravated muscles that were already painfully inflamed and atrophying (it's very likely that if my muscles had been "normal" at the time, it would have easier all the way around). Don't forget that children also bounce back faster than us older folks, so she'll probably be "over it" before you are :o)

Hope this helped!

- Jen

[Sarahsmom46]

Me and my family are going a similar situation right now.  I've had lots of genetics testing, primarily done through many tubes of blood.  

My next step is a muscle biopsy and the doctor said it isn't that bad, but cuationed that it will not be like the skin biopsy he did on my last June.  The muscle is going to hurt afterwards and for about a week or more while it heals.  You guys will be able to handle it for sure, and your little one will too.  Kids are so resiliant when it comes to these things. I would bet she will do better than you and dad.  

The reason they take muscle is that they will try to grow cells that produce chromosones.  They will look at the chromosones in a number of ways to see what is possibly gowing wrong.  All your organs can grow chromosones that will hopefully tell the story of what is going wrong, but the blood is the easiest and less invasive.  We turn to the muscle when a muscle problem is the main suspect.

This is such an improtant test and I hope the results will help your daughter's doctor find the problem and then move on to a treatment.  

Hang in there and don't worry too much about the biopsy.  You won't regret doing as it can answer some very important questions.  

Takve care and thanks for bringing this very good questions to the group.  You can bet Quix will be by too and give her ideas.  

Julie

[slightlybroken]

I've had a skin/muscle biopsy, and I've had several family members that have had skin biopsy. They are done practically in the same way, except with a muscle biopsy they have to go into the muscle.

They use a local anesthetic to numb the area. You can't feel anything except for tugging/ or pressure. They will use a needle to get the sample, I imagine with your case. There might be some bruising, and stinging for about a week or so, but it really wasn't that bad.

Mine was an open biopsy (they cut the tissue out). It required stitches, but it was still not that bad. I couldn't feel a thing, while they were doing it. Just pressure. I hope everything works out for you and your family, and they don't make you wait too much longer.

Take Care

[Lulu54]

We have had a few people here sent for a muscle biopsy looking for other answers, but I have not personally had it done.  

Is the chromosome testing done through the muscle biopsy?  I hope one of our medical people here will see this and be able to provide some anwers.

Getting a counselor or social worker assigned now will be helpful as your daughter ages.  There should be services that follow her to school age and mae things easier for her and you.

Sorry again that I can't answer about the biopsy.  I trust it is not too bad.

be well - Lulu