Gas and air for biopsy

Hi Fleet,

I haven't heard of gas & air being given for a biopsy before, but I'm sure others will be along shortly who may have more information about this. 

The only time I have had this combination (gas & air) was when I fractured my wrist & it had to be manually reset into position before it could be set in plaster.  Whilst I found it helped, it was still a painful experience.

I think when medics state procedures are relatively painless we should all question them as to when they had it done to themselves.  My guess is that in most cases they haven't & it's just being said to try & allay any fears.

Best Wishes

Brian

Ok thanks for your reply, after my first biopsy which was so painful I mentioned this to the same surgeon when I was for my second biopsy and he seemed surprised. 
I never had confidence in him after that I even asked if local anesthetic was administered around the prostate itself as the pamphlet I got before hand said this was the case. 
He said “ why would that be the case as there are no nerve endings around the prostate “ which I was surprised he said that.   He was very offhand with me and even asked if I wanted to go ahead with the biopsy. 

Anyway the 3rd biopsy is done now which wasn’t pleasant but at least it’s over with. 

Many years I had some dressings removed from a hole in my back. The nurses told me it might be a bit painful so they gave me gas and air :   "that's what ladies have when giving birth". It WAS painful........when the nurse announced "it's all out" I replied "is it a boy or a girl ?" They did have the courtesy to laugh !

But I digress, I had nothing other than a surface local for my biopsy, not in slightest bit uncomfortable even. 

Ok that was good you had no pain from your biopsy

Sorry to hear you had a bad time - I’ve read a number of terrible stories while awaiting my own biopsy. Which in retrospect was a bad idea. My own experience - done on Tuesday morning this week was better than I could possibly have imagined: I had no pain and the only casualty was my dignity. To be honest the loss of dignity was something I could shrug off without a second thought when push comes to shove, but the concern of not being able to not flinch when that sling loaded needle does it worse, repeatedly, played on my mind. Reality was very different: I had 35mg of lidocaine injected at a number of points and also injected into the prostate itself I suspect because I felt nothing and the noise of the needle driver was nothing like the jolt I expected. Talk to your dr and ask what the lidocaine dose would be. My thyroid biopsy was much more unpleasant. Not that I’d really want to experience either again which is probably temping fate now. Good luck 

Hi Cub 
Im pleased your experience was as it should be, loss  of dignity was the least of my worries , having the consultant surgeon telling me there are no nerve endings in the prostate raised red flags for me.  
If I have to have another biopsy I will ask more questions about the procedure. 
I hope you get good results 

Roy 

Thanks - odds do t lol great from my research on MRI fusion biopsy results though those studies may be skewed to patients that conventional biopsies haven’t found anything sinister but high and climbing PSA results indicate something sinister going on but either way it is what it is. Hope yours goes well with a good outcome - getting old is a bugger