Hydration

[SouthFloridaLady]

**Remember to always drink as much water as possible (minimum of a bottle) before going for infusion or for a blood test … Pumps up the veins!

[Justasheet1]

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You said to drink a lot, didn't you?

Lol. Thanks Ros. I'll try anything that works. I have terrible veins. I wish they could install a spigot in my arm.

Jeff

[Cllcanada Top Poster CURE Hero in reply to Justasheet1]

I just had a spigot installed in fact a double PICC line... one is for IV antibiotics the other for my CLL Merlot cure... works great Jeff...

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~chris

[SouthFloridaLady in reply to Cllcanada]

Chris~

The PICC line looks like it would hurt and could be dangerous.

~Roslyn

[Cllcanada Top Poster CURE Hero in reply to SouthFloridaLady]

No pain...they are being used more and more in Canada now for infusions, chemotherapies...etc they just leave them in for 6 months...

Install was about 5 minutes under a local anesthetic, then the catheter position is verified by Xray...

They are flushed with saline and must be wrapped to shower... dressing changed periodically... I was amazed at how simple it was...

blood draws take under 10 seconds...

Certainly the answer if you have lots of IVs and are being fed intravenously... as was my case...

Ports are probably a better choice in some cases... since they are under the skin, less likely to have infections...

~chris

[kathypawpaw in reply to Cllcanada]

Glad to see the fiesty Chris is up and at em! We would all love to know how you are doing. Sending my best wishes to you for a speedy recovery.

Kathy

[SouthFloridaLady in reply to Justasheet1]

My veins are so bad because they did not insist that I get a port, and no one told me about hydrating. I don't believe that my veins will ever recover.

[Jilltap in reply to SouthFloridaLady]

Infuriating. So sorry. Hugs