Caught By The Fuzz

[gibbleking]

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ive got follicular non hodkins doing the nasty,im on round 3 next week for bendamustine and ritux....been having trouble with the stuff killing my veins so will be asking at my next session about picc lines..are they easy to put up with ect?

I have found them easy to deal with. Sometimes you can feel the hooks in your skin that holds it in place when you flex your arm, but generally I don't notice it being there. Washing around it is a bit of a pain, and you could get skin rash under the super sticky plaster dressing that holds it all down - I have Iodine swabbed on first, which helps with that. They need maintaining once a week with a flush of Saline and a dressing change regardless of any blood out, or treatment in.

Pip

thanks for the reply..im not keen on the idea of hooks..i didnt know thats how they anchored the line.i assumed it was sort of held in by the covering tape ect.do you have to do the dresing change and flush or is it done by the nurses?

 

[Pipmeister]

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thanks for the reply..im not keen on the idea of hooks..i didnt know thats how they anchored the line.i assumed it was sort of held in by the covering tape ect.do you have to do the dresing change and flush or is it done by the nurses?

The first one I had was anchored with a sticky pad, and I didn't have a problem with it coming off. The second and now third one that's been fitted are a new design with the hooks - presumably some patients were managing to dislodge them, which makes me feel a bit urgh! I guess it depends on how much discomfort you are able to deal with. People tell me that I am able put up with a lot of crap that some can't cope with - even NHS professionals!

The dressing change and flush will be done either by a Treatment / District / Community Nurse or by the PICC Line Nurse, which means another trip to a Hospital. It has to be scrupulous clean when they do anything with it, so as not to introduce any infection straight into your blood stream.

Pip

 

[gibbleking]

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thanks for the reply..im not keen on the idea of hooks..i didnt know thats how they anchored the line.i assumed it was sort of held in by the covering tape ect.do you have to do the dresing change and flush or is it done by the nurses?

The first one I had was anchored with a sticky pad, and I didn't have a problem with it coming off. The second and now third one that's been fitted are a new design with the hooks - presumably some patients were managing to dislodge them, which makes me feel a bit urgh! I guess it depends on how much discomfort you are able to deal with. People tell me that I am able put up with a lot of crap that some can't cope with - even NHS professionals!

The dressing change and flush will be done either by a Treatment / District / Community Nurse or by the PICC Line Nurse, which means another trip to a Hospital. It has to be scrupulous clean when they do anything with it, so as not to introduce any infection straight into your blood stream.

Pip

some serious food for thought ...thank you ...

 

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It has been a nice isolation ride rediscovering the by-ways and bridle paths around here.

Grafham Water to the left, an almost empty A14 in front and Thrapston off to the far right