Yet another medical question

Rachel wrote:
Bob Gardner wrote:



Sorry, I meant after donation. It IS surgery...



Bone marrow aspiration/donation, as surgical procedures go, is minor on
the scale of "surgeries".

Yea, they prep and drape and clean the skin, and they medicate/lightly
anesthetize the donor, but its essentially sticking a BIG needle into a
big bone and sucking out the contents. You still have adequate marrow
afterwards to meet your physiological needs.

As long as you are otherwise healthy and being a DONOR, should be a
non-event.

Once you are clear of the pain meds, you should be good to go. As
always, AOPA can help serve as a reference regarding this.

Dave