First Bone Marrow Biopsy Awake

   I had my bone marrow biopsy this morning. Awake. They gave me Ativan first though which made the room start spinning. I was much more exposed for this one than the previous ones, but they gave me a sheet to cover up my butt. Dr. C started poking my back bone to show where he was going to do it, and that was probably the most painful part of it all. He numbed my back and the medication hurt going in, but that was it. Watching Kyle's face as he watched him do the procedure was the worst part. Dr. C was having trouble getting into my "21-year-old bones" and was cranking away with a needle back there. Luckily I couldn't feel any of it, I was just trying to not get pushed off the table. It hurt for like a second when he sucked out the marrow. And my leg started to hurt when he broke off part of the bone for the biopsy. But that went away after a few seconds, and they were done. They showed us the two capsules of marrow fluids and the pieces of bone they got. Ouch.
   Then I passed out for a few hours. (Why didn't they wait until the Ativan knocked me out first?) Now my back is sore like usual. I'm looking forward to getting the drain out tomorrow so I can shower (8 days). Aunt Janie and Grandma came up to visit, so hopefully I can go in earlier to have the doctor remove it. And Aunt Janie bought me a fancy blender so we can make smoothies now, since the chemo's probably going to wipe out my appetite.
   Dr. C didn't have any updates for me, the lymph node tests aren't back yet. My heart's fine, as I heard yesterday. The genetics counselor wants to see me again next week to get more tests done.
   My arm pain's getting better, but now it just feels like I'm getting punched in the armpit, repeatedly. The vicodin acts like speed when I'm trying to fall asleep, so I've just been taking extra strength Tylenol. My right arm also won't bend out as far anymore, which might be a good thing, since the double jointedness in my elbows creeps everyone out so much. Everything else is just itchy, itchy, itchy, including the back of my arm, which is numb so I can't scratch it.