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gross question: any medical professionals here?

i have a knee problem which includes frequent dislocations and small chips of bone floating around (they sometimes move to the side of my knee and painfully restrict movement). . anyways, last night i (sterilely) removed one of the bone chips by myself. the chip was surrounded by tiny opalescent beads and a thick, fibrous membrane. I kept the stuff i removed and would like to bring it to the doctors for a biopsy. any advice on how to store it? would saline work? btw i would call but i dont have a phone. thanks!

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gross question: any medical professionals here? i have a knee problem which includes frequent dislocations and small chips of bone floating around in there (they sometimes move to the side of my knee and painfully restrict movement). at age 13 i shattered a corner of the patella off. anyways, last night i (sterilely) removed one of the bone chips by myself. the chip was surrounded by tiny opalescent beads and a thick, fibrous membrane. I kept the stuff i removed and would like to bring it to the doctors for a biopsy. any advice on how to store it? would saline work? btw i would call but i dont have a phone. thanks!

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gregh 0 #
Bath, A4, GB | 1 year, 10 months ago (7 minutes after post)

why have you not seen a doctor before this? did you remove it yourself?

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Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year, 10 months ago (15 minutes after post)

i have seen a doctor. i have another appointment in a month. last night one of the bone chips went to the side and it hurt like hell and i couldnt bend my leg, so i went home and took it out. my parents are both doctors and i want to be one too, so i’ve seen a good number of surgeries and i know i did it very well.

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gregh 0 #
Bath, A4, GB | 1 year, 10 months ago (16 minutes after post)

blimey. what did you use? any pain killers? I dont think i know the answer to your question though.

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Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year, 10 months ago (20 minutes after post)

nah just ice. self-surgeries are always way less painful. after the first cut my endorphins just started pumping and i couldn’t feel it at all. this morning it was a little swollen and painful, so i took the stitches out and put more antibiotic ointment on it. thats okay if you don’t know. i put it in saline. i suppose i should email my dad and ask him what to do. thanks anyway!

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 10 months ago (24 minutes after post)

Not a medical professional.

Method I (Use for transport times greater than a few hours):
Place part of the biopsy in 10% buffered formalin and part in Michel’s transfer medium (also called Zeus medium), each in a small, tightly closed specimen container. We order our medium from Wampole Laboratories, Division of Carter-Wallace, Inc., Cranbury, NJ 08512.
Place the tightly closed containers in ice in an insulated box and send. These media will preserve tissue adequately for all studies, including immunofluorescence studies. Material will be fine for a few days as long as it is kept cold.
Method II (Use for transport times of up to several hours):
Place the biopsy in saline-moistened gauze inside a sealed Petri dish. The specimen should not be floated in saline.
Place the Petri dish in ice in an insulated box and send via the fastest method.
FOR BOTH METHODS:
For shipping, please use ice, NOT dry ice.
Frozen specimens will have a large amount of artifact and may not be interpretable.
Please include a form with clinical information for each; we provide a standardized form for this purpose.

from http://pathology.jhu.edu/consultation…

By the way, I think doing surgery on yourself even if you’re capable of it is probably not a good idea…

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Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year, 10 months ago (28 minutes after post)

i don’t have any formalin or zeus! i guess i’ll do method 2. thank you so much, i was just about to float it in saline! I don’t think self-surgery’s a good idea either, but i am uninsured and can’t afford the ER. im only doing to the doctor only because he’s a friend of my fathers and he’s doing it for very cheap. i could barely walk and did it only out of need. thank you for the information!

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jellotop 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 10 months ago (1 hour, 26 minutes after post)

Yeah, I understand. Good luck!

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Fredericton, NB, CA | 1 year, 10 months ago (3 hours, 28 minutes after post)

okay hi im not a medical proffesional but my grandfather is the little opalecent bead things that kind of look like pearls that just a build up of calcium the fibre like substance cartledge now you should see a doctor have the fragments removed becuase they will cause massive calcium build up and lock your joint but DO NOT remove yourself cutting that deep can cause a very bad infection especially since there is no enviroment outside of an O.R that is completely sterile pluis you need to have a doctor look at it anyway incase there is any damadge that needs to be taken care of that just won’t fix itself

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Norfolk, VA, US | 1 year, 10 months ago (2 days, 2 hours after post)

If your parents are doctors, sould you consult them?

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Kangerlussuaq, 01, GL | 1 year, 10 months ago (2 days, 4 hours after post)

yeah but they’re not here. i emailed my dad. my mom’s phone is off. its all good now, i’m fine. thanks everyone!

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