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Originally posted by High Speed Chaser
If so what was it for?

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What do you mean? If you've had a ton of LPs before, wouldn't you know that?
We know what its for because we've seen a tad bit of House

I've had about 20 of them, during my Chemo.

Had about half under local anaesthetic and half under general and got completely knocked out.

Was cos the Leukaemia cells can hide in the spinal fluid and all of the other chemo only treats the bloodstream.

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Originally posted by John Anderton

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Originally posted by High Speed Chaser
If so what was it for?

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What do you mean? If you've had a ton of LPs before, wouldn't you know that?
We know what its for because we've seen a tad bit of House

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I think he means "why did you have to have it?".. like the injection, not really asking what is does in general.

Yeah had one of those before when I was younger (than my still very youthful self ) ... They thought I might have Meningitis....

Turns out I didn't, so whoopee for me.

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Originally posted by gif83
Yeah had one of those before when I was younger (than my still very youthful self ) ... They thought I might have Meningitis....

Turns out I didn't, so whoopee for me.

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Unlucky you: unecessary hurt
Lucky you: not Meningitis
=P

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Originally posted by Dempsey
I've had about 20 of them, during my Chemo.

Had about half under local anaesthetic and half under general and got completely knocked out.

Was cos the Leukaemia cells can hide in the spinal fluid and all of the other chemo only treats the bloodstream.

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Kinda the same reason, mine was cancer not lukaemia....I only had a couple tho, one under general, one under local

I don't remember much from back then

Lumber Pumcture is mostly used as an aneasthetic during labor.. to numb the lady below the site of punture..

It is also used to draw some samples from the spinal fluids around the spinal cord .. to do some tests (first is to ovbserve the fluids taken out..as color .. blood stain..) .. tests as level of protein .. level of red blood cells and white blood cells.. mainly to check for meningitis (inflamation/infection of the brain membranes)

(finished medical school and year of internship)

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Originally posted by keep the faith
Lumber Pumcture is mostly used as an aneasthetic during labor.. to numb the lady below the site of punture..

It is also used to draw some samples from the spinal fluids around the spinal cord .. to do some tests (first is to ovbserve the fluids taken out..as color .. blood stain..) .. tests as level of protein .. level of red blood cells and white blood cells.. mainly to check for meningitis (inflamation/infection of the brain membranes)

(finished medical school and year of internship)

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Didn't finish reading the thread to notice we already figured what it was for though did you?

Needles are one thing I can't look at. That and knives going into skin. I can get needles, but I won't look, and I can't look at anyone else getting it. The whole cutting skin thing is just odd for me. I can't see it go in, it freaks me out . That is one crazy needle. I'd be quite nervous getting one of those.

it looks terribbly painfull

i've had one and, tbh, it didn't hurt that much.

The picture does look horrible, but you don't see it so it's not that bad

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Originally posted by Dempsey
Was cos the Leukaemia cells can hide in the spinal fluid a

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