About the Bone Marrow Biopsy...Well from the beginning, I was really ill for about 2 weeks and was breaking out in bruises all over my body. I'm talking like 40 something bruises at one time. I went in to see the Dr. He ran some tests and then called me back into his office for the results. Turns out I had critically low platelets. To give you and idea how critical, normal is between 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per micro liter. My count was about 28,000ish. So we got in contact with a hematologist. I was told till I got in to see him be careful because any small injury especially to my head could cause hemorrhaging. Fatal. So for the next 3 days I did nothing but panic and stay in bed where I was safe. Platelet counts this low are most common with bleeding disorders or other bone marrow diseases, such as leukemia, or lupus. So I understandably had a reason to be freaked. Well when I saw the DR. he recommended a bone marrow test to check for the bad stuff. Ouch it hurt like a umm, bitch. Especially since he had to do it twice and I had no hand to hold (JR was running late) He joked that at least I wasn't a candidate for osteoporosis, since the bone was so hard to get through, he could break a piece of bone off for the sample. Yey, milk does a body good. Anyways, 3 days later I find out everything came back okay. Just very, let me emphasize VERY low iron. Well that explains a lot. So I'm stuck taking iron pills for the next 6 months till he sees me again and yes they do appear to be helping, but I have noticed if I don't take them then I start getting really tired and loopy in addition to more bruises showing up. Oh well, that's my story.