Bone Marrow WHaT

Here we go!!!! And I don't mean that with a Budweiser state of mind....Its time for the bone marrow biopsy.  So, the Doc says, they will numb the area.  The area being biopsied is my upper back hip area.  The boney area right above the butt cheek. He says, they will numb the area first ( humm, there's a needle, but I can do it), then they are gonna push a longer needle down into the bone (now, this isn't sounding possible.  Isn't bone pretty hard , I'm having haunted visions), then they will put a thicker needle into the bone and pull out some bone marrow ( howling chaos in my brain, now here is where I pass out, mentally).  Ok, so it has been explained, I'm again, a nervous wreck. I felt helpless, hopeless, and downtrodden.  They are gonna give me something to relax me..................Ooooooo, I'm so relaxed, sooooo calm and sleepy.   Doc is back and ready to get things done.  I'm on the table, on my stomach,  Doc is cleaning the area.  Thats cold.  Doc is ready to numb the area.  I'm ready.  Owwww!!!.  (thats me, letting out a scream).  Doc, says, "OK, we're not doing this today."  I say, "but you poked me".  Doc says, "no, it was just a prick, the needle didn't go in, but thats ok.  I see you won't be able to do this, and that's ok. We will have the biopsy done and your port-o-cath placed in at the same time with you under anethesia."  I am no longer filled with agony and despair. Now, thats what I'm talking about.   Put me to sleep and when I wake up, all the painful stuff is done.  Oh,(forgot to tell you) I am getting a port-o-cath placed in my arm so that I don't have to be stressed about getting poked so many times.  It's a port to my vein, therefore, they don't have to find a vein each time I have to have lab work done, and it is also used to administer the chemo.  It's a sort of semi permament vein access.   Well, this day has been draining.  I am done, stick a fork in me.  Home to sleep.  Too much mental trauma for one day.