Re: Reluctant to go Through It Again/Sharon

[Guest guest]

Sharon, I recently had a colon re-section and the anethiesiologist (sp?) told

me the port could not handle the volume of fluids they would be giving me.

Also the port is a great infection risk as it it a direct line to the heart. I'm

sure that all nurses are not qualified to access a port either. Dale M.

[Guest guest]

Dale,

What you say makes sense. I just have no solution to the bad veins

problem. When Mom had surgery in July,her arms looked like she had

been beaten severely.

Sharon

> Sharon, I recently had a colon re-section and the anethiesiologist

(sp?) told

> me the port could not handle the volume of fluids they would be

giving me.

> Also the port is a great infection risk as it it a direct line to

the heart. I'm

> sure that all nurses are not qualified to access a port either.

Dale M.

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[Guest guest]

Sharon, I know what you're going thru. I've seen so many people in chemo

whose viens just were'nt accessible anymore. When the nursing supervisor at the

clinic I went to couldn't get an IV in someone the doctors always wrote the

order for a port implant. If it's bruising after the IV is out it's probably

because they didn't wrap it tightly. That same clinic I went to always wrapped

the

IV sight tightly with the elastic bandaging and I never got bruises. Noone

else ever does that and I always get a bruise. Dale M.