If he's "out" he won't feel anything -- I don't know if they feel any
residual pain afterward. But they used to do bone marrow aspirations on
people without anesthesia. VERY painful. They tend to use anesthesia
now.
Terri in NJ
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Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 7:02
PM
Subject: Re: bone marrow test
I agree that I would not put a cat under just for FeLV testing.
But as for
the painfulness, are you all saying it is painful during the
test or afterwards?
Simon was out during the test, but I feel like I am in
twilight zone if you
are all saying it is very painful afterwards because
he really did not seem to
even notice it and both the oncologist and the
internist said it was no big
deal. I would not have done something
to him if the vets had said it would be
painful. Maybe a bone marrow
biopsy for lymphoma, which is what he had, is
somehow different than what
you are talking about, but I don't think so.
Michelle
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<< Very painful. The tricky thing with this and
FeLV is that while they may
not show symptoms prior to the test,
anesthesia can activate the virus.
Kind of a double edged sword...
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