porta cath: has anyone had experience... - Asthma Community ...

Asthma Community Forum

21,722 members24,486 posts

porta cath

1 Reply

has anyone had experience with porta cath am currently on day 6/7 of admission needing lots of iv drugs but veins kept collapsing so was taken to theatre to have themeral line put in groin this has been sucsessful but is only temp now they are on about a porta cath has anyone got 1 or any info on them

1 Reply

Hi Kipo,

There are some threads about this somewhere. I think Bex has one? I also think she may be in RBH at the moment so she may not see this. I'll dig around in past posts and see what I can find.

Best of luck, really sorry to hear you're having a bad time and hope things improve soon.

Feejay

You may also like...

upping steroid inhaler

Hi everyone My asthma has been playing up and my gp has told me to up my steroid inhaler instead...

Azelaic acid and asthma

worsen my asthma, which is already severe. Has anyone any experience of azelaic acid? Thanks

Please can anyone recommend a ‘thermal disinfector’ for a nebuliser?

emergency use only). Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced small disinfector for it. I’ve...

Coming off Montelukast

Hallo,Has anyone out there successfully just stopped Montelukast. I've been taking it for 2 years...

Royal Brompton admission

but most poeple wear hospital gowns. So If anyone has any advice or tips, it would be much...