Thanks again to all who conforted me and shared experiences about liver biopsies. I finally had the procedure yesterday 2/17. It went well. The only scary part was being scared..and I have deep hatred/fear of having IV lines put in, and that hurt, and the needle in my hand bugged me all day but other than that it was OK. I did cry a little before they wheeled me in to the cat scan room. That was just nerves. And because I am anxious/scared by nature..something I need to work on!

The nurses and doctors were all incredible nice. I go some sort of sedative right before th eprocedure.. not sure what it was but it was mild, I remember everything but very hazily. Doctor talking, anesthesia shot, two needle pokes that i remember more as a sound than a pain. I don't remember much pain, just pressure. It was uncomforatble, but not unbearable. It was all over very quickly and seem like a dream (the crazy part: the drugs made me hallucinate slightly - there were clouds swirling on the ceiling, and when i closed my eyes lots of pretty colors). :)

Afterwards in recovery I was just lazy and laid around watching awful daytime TV, ate some hospital food, and then got to go home at 3:00 PM. I thought I was pretty alert, but once we go thome I went straight to sleep.. slept mostly all day and didn't feel like updating. Anyway - just wanted to check in now and say, in summary, for any newbies about to have the procedure -

be calm, just do everything they tell you
remember, with the sedation you really won't notice anything
recovery is fast but you'll need to take it very easy. Probably sleep.

I'm actually back at work today - feeling ok justa little sore as if my side were bruised. NO heavy lifting for about a week. Fine with me as I am a wimp anyway :)

Now - just waiting for the dreaded results! Pray God they are not bad.

Thanks everyone,

L