bone marrow biopsy

[glyndale]

Do you get results of bone marrow biopsy over the phone or do you see the doctor

[Smudger0122]

I received mine over the phone, as I chased my results up after waiting for 4 weeks with no news.

I do believe though, they prefer to give these results face 2 face.

But I had waited long enough, considering at BMB I was advised a 10 day wait.

Hope that helps

Mark

[glyndale in reply to Smudger0122]

ok thank you 😊.

[Emmyroos]

My doctor was face to face. 8 weeks after BMB. It was a looonnnng wait.

[glyndale in reply to Emmyroos]

ok thank you

[Fjdjdjdjd]

mine took 5 months to get a straight answer from them. Some seem to just wait for your regular appointments rather than an additional call or letter. Good luck!

[glyndale in reply to Fjdjdjdjd]

thank you

[lizzziep]

I got mine over the phone, after 3 or 4 weeks, not a lot of details though.

[glyndale in reply to lizzziep]

thank you

[GarciaB]

I usually receive mine through my patient portal online. If it’s good or bad, a physicians assistant contacts me to answer any questions I may have. And my follow up appointment goes over all my blood and bone marrow biopsy results, any changes to medications etc.

[glyndale in reply to GarciaB]

thank you

[PhysAssist in reply to GarciaB]

Hi GarciaB,

Same, my results showed up over a period of several weeks in the online patient portal, but no one has ever called me to discuss a result or answer my questions- although we do sometimes exchange some Q&A's on the messaging part of the portal.

Although my heme/onc MD told me that they did order next-gen sequencing in July, when my BMB was performed, I still have yet to see any result in that space.

As an aside, may I correct you in a common error?

The PA title, which was originally "physicians assistant" was changed, I believe sometime in the mid-90's to just be "physician assistant", without the 's'.

Kudos on getting the no-apostrophe part correct too.

Best,

PA

[TLJ-1]

A phone call from a resident let me know basic results pretty quickly (<2 weeks). I could then access the written reports within a month.

[glyndale in reply to TLJ-1]

thank you

[Cat1001954]

hi got results at next appointment with heamatologist

[glyndale in reply to Cat1001954]

ok thank you