Kidney Biopsy...
Now if you have winced at the above title then the little may prompt a comment of ooooheerrrrrr ouch!

For reasons that I won't go into here (there will be a QOTW that suits one time I'm sure) the NHS have broken my kidneys. They currently run on about 30% which is all fine.

Anyway, they needed to find out how badly borked they were - biopsy HO!!!!!

I have a VERY fast metabolism, so my normal hospital when doing bits with my guts give me a bit extra sedative/numbing gunge etc but this not being in my new hostipal didn't. They also messed it up so I got half what I usually should have.

The tool they use to take a kidney biopsy is about the diameter of a ballpoint pen. As I felt it push through my skin I was crying out in pain. They told me not to be so silly. As the claw thing came out and took a chunk off my kidney I FELT EVERY SINGLE THING. The most pain I have ever felt*, and wouldn't wish on anyone.

That is all.

Og

*Other answers maybe will come but through falling off mountain bikes a lot and crashing cars I have broken a few bits inclduing my skull, which is nice. Oh and had various invasive inspections too. The kidney thing was by far the worst
( ogwen69 has returned from Reddit, Sun 1 Aug 2010, 16:01, Reply)