An anaesthetic was put on the appropriate area which stings initially and does not obliterate the pain com0letely but does dull it. I asked them to turn the screen to me and watched the needles going in,
I had a very attractive female Dr do the procedures, whose final I mmortal words to me were, "All done, just going to pop your haemorrhoids back in !"
Thanks for that Kap, I hope I can get that image out of my mind before I go to sleep tonight.
An anaesthetic was put on the appropriate area which stings initially and does not obliterate the pain com0letely but does dull it. I asked them to turn the screen to me and watched the needles going in,
I had a very attractive female Dr do the procedures, whose final I mmortal words to me were, "All done, just going to pop your haemorrhoids back in !"
Thanks for that Kap, I hope I can get that image out of my mind before I go to sleep tonight.
Did you sleep well?
Yes, I did mate but having just cafc7-6htfc post it's all come flooding back
An anaesthetic was put on the appropriate area which stings initially and does not obliterate the pain com0letely but does dull it. I asked them to turn the screen to me and watched the needles going in,
I had a very attractive female Dr do the procedures, whose final I mmortal words to me were, "All done, just going to pop your haemorrhoids back in !"
Thanks for that Kap, I hope I can get that image out of my mind before I go to sleep tonight.
Did you sleep well?
Yes, I did mate but having just cafc7-6htfc post it's all come flooding back
When I had my biopsy, is all I had to do was to lay on my side on a couch; nothing like the procedure described above.
Derek , I am sorry to hear that you have to undergo these investigations but I hope the outcome will be that you are reassured that nothing untoward is going on. I have some knowledge of this area as I used to meet urologists as part of my job. I have been retired for 9 years and a lot changed in that time. Maybe abit of history can explain why different experiences are being reported here. Going back 15 years biopsies were taken under ultrasound guidance on a routine pattern of positions. This was simply because cancer/suspicious tissue could not be “seen” by imaging (ultrasound ,X-ray, MRI. )There may be small number of biopsy s taken say8- or so. It was hit and miss like throwing darts at a dart board blindfolded. A major breakthrough happened when about 10 years ago a radiologist at UCH Clare Allen demonstrated that nasty prostate cancer could be “seen” using a combination of 3 types of MRI. Now it could be seen- but how reliable was this new technique? Then the technique of template biopsies came in - think of a grid like the game of battleships but every position on the grid can be sampled. You are talking 60-100 biopsies and it was done most comfortably under general anaesthetic . Result was a complete map of the prostate. I think these studies showed you can reliably identify the areas of cancer. So I’m not up to date but I guess that now areas of nasty /aggressive cancer can be picked up the drs willl aim biopsies at those areas., more comfortable for the patient as there’s fewer biopsies. So not all biopsies are the same- and there may variation due to local availability of services eg MRI.see what NICE are currently recommending. Please contact Prostate Cancer Charity or MacMillan they will be very helpful for you. main concerns will be as listed pain/discomfort infection bleeding missing the cancer (false negative) -less likely now Good luck
An anaesthetic was put on the appropriate area which stings initially and does not obliterate the pain com0letely but does dull it. I asked them to turn the screen to me and watched the needles going in,
I had a very attractive female Dr do the procedures, whose final I mmortal words to me were, "All done, just going to pop your haemorrhoids back in !"
Thanks for that Kap, I hope I can get that image out of my mind before I go to sleep tonight.
Did you sleep well?
Yes, I did mate but having just cafc7-6htfc post it's all come flooding back
When I had my biopsy, is all I had to do was to lay on my side on a couch; nothing like the procedure described above.
The first one I had around 5/6 years ago was as you said Peter. The last one (last year) was on my back and stirrups etc. I think the difference was that with the second one, as they knew I already had it, they made a small incision for a "keyhole" camera to go in. Just to reassure you @Derek1952 , I would still describe both procedures as uncomfortable rather than painful.
An anaesthetic was put on the appropriate area which stings initially and does not obliterate the pain com0letely but does dull it. I asked them to turn the screen to me and watched the needles going in,
I had a very attractive female Dr do the procedures, whose final I mmortal words to me were, "All done, just going to pop your haemorrhoids back in !"
Thanks for that Kap, I hope I can get that image out of my mind before I go to sleep tonight.
Did you sleep well?
Yes, I did mate but having just cafc7-6htfc post it's all come flooding back
When I had my biopsy, is all I had to do was to lay on my side on a couch; nothing like the procedure described above.
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A major breakthrough happened when about 10 years ago a radiologist at UCH Clare Allen demonstrated that nasty prostate cancer could be “seen” using a combination of 3 types of MRI. Now it could be seen- but how reliable was this new technique? Then the technique of template biopsies came in - think of a grid like the game of battleships but every position on the grid can be sampled. You are talking 60-100 biopsies and it was done most comfortably under general anaesthetic . Result was a complete map of the prostate. I think these studies showed you can reliably identify the areas of cancer.
So I’m not up to date but I guess that now areas of nasty /aggressive cancer can be picked up the drs willl aim biopsies at those areas., more comfortable for the patient as there’s fewer biopsies.
So not all biopsies are the same- and there may variation due to local availability of services eg MRI.see what NICE are currently recommending.
Please contact Prostate Cancer Charity or MacMillan they will be very helpful for you.
main concerns will be as listed
pain/discomfort
infection
bleeding
missing the cancer (false negative) -less likely now
Good luck
Just to reassure you @Derek1952 , I would still describe both procedures as uncomfortable rather than painful.
There are different types of biopsy.