"Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer

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