Post-Transplant Arterial Line Bruise

[frebusmaxwell]

Has anyone else experienced inside arm bruises after kidney transplant surgery like this? Very painful, Tylenol won't touch it and they don't want to prescribe anything stronger.

[Eyak1971]

i have found that i bruise more easily after transplant. I thought it was my daily aspirin but it may be due to anti rejection medication side effects. I like you am still investigating.

[frebusmaxwell in reply to Eyak1971]

I was told it was due to the A-line (arterial line) inserted during surgery. Still seems excessive, and still painful.

[LavenderRabbit]

oh honey! I feel bad for you.

No, I have not experienced anything like this, but I do bruise easily. For me it’s because of the prednisone I take. It makes my skin thin.

[horsie63]

Are you allowed to take Arnica? I found it helped a lot after my C-sections.

[frebusmaxwell in reply to horsie63]

Hmmm, kidney doc at Mayo hasn't mentioned that. She did order an ultrasound to rule out any blood clots.

[Longarmmoose]

my doctor thought if I had my fistula reversed that it would stop

[Okie01]

I had extremely painful bruises just like that on my wrists for a month after surgery because of the arterial lines that I had while in the hospital. I had been prescribed tramidol for pain at the surgery site but I ended up taking it for the bruising instead. Tylenol would help a little but not nearly as much as the tramidol, though I only took that for a few days once I got out of the hospital.

[frebusmaxwell in reply to Okie01]

Good to know; I wish I'd asked for that drug! I went into the ER for something stronger than Tylenol and because of the anti-rejection and immunosuppressant drugs, they didn't want to add to the current "cocktail" of meds I was taking.