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What a palava!....good that it's sorted though.
Yey!...good news.
For sure, well earned!
pipmeister":pdb3lrlb said:Oh good grief, I had forgotten that the Urban Camo look had been embraced by that lot.
I was looking into to defending wearing this stuff, when I stumbled across Visor Down’s “Top 10 Crimes against motorcycle fashion”….. and at number 2: Camo Trousers :facepalm:
“The whole point of camouflage is to merge with the environment and avoid detection from the enemy forces, but this really doesn’t work when worn on a road bike. Camo trousers are really only deemed acceptable by the streetfighter crowd but that doesn’t make it right.”
Oh well, fashion Faux Pas committed. I will say though, that I have been wearing it for years - even to my Niece’s Wedding. If I hadn’t worn something like that to her wedding, and bunged a suit on, she would have said; what the hell is Pip wearing?
Annnnnnyway, I didn’t really finish off the story from yesterday. The blood still didn’t appear from my PICC line even after a blast with the stronger stuff, so they abandoned the idea and used the conventional method to get the test done ready for cycle number 7 on Thursday. I was told to come back the next day (today) to see if the PICC Line was okay after a soak overnight with the same chemical – Sadly not!
The PICC Nurse said that the Line could have become misplaced, but it needed to be sorted out, so they can continue with my treatment. She got on the phone to the relocated Chemo Ward in Bracknell. Next thing I am heading over there on my bike to see the PICC Line (err Technician?) to see if she can sort it out. An X-Ray revealed that it had become twisted back on itself, and was fubar’d.
She said that the body can form fibrous material around the end of the tube, which gets pushed aside when the saline flush is pushed in, but as the syringe is pulled back to drag some blood out, it gets sucked back and blocks the end of the line. If a Nurse pulls back harder on the syringe plunger, it causes a vacuum in the line, and it collapses back on itself :shock: - Oh terrific.
They fed and watered me while they got ready for another PICC Line Insertion, and I signed the consent form. Once they get underway it takes about 45 minutes to insert a new one. They offered to show me the knackered line after they pulled it out, but I declined. So now I have a new one in my left arm. I reckon it’s better that side anyway.
What a palava!....good that it's sorted though.
pipmeister":pdb3lrlb said:A big consolation for all that grief is that the Chemo Ward telephoned me, and asked if would be prepared to have my treatment at Newbury WBCH on Fridays instead of Bracknell..... Hoo-fu#king-rah
Yey!...good news.
pipmeister":pdb3lrlb said:I think I need a little lie down after all that.
For sure, well earned!