Guest guest Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 -: So what did the surgeon say about the swelling in your hands? Did you show him the letter talking about the SVC? What did he say about that? You still have to have a feeding tube monitored also! BTW, I get my supplies from a Gentiva office and they baasically suck big time! Kaye -- In pancreatitis@y..., " liamhoha20 " <liamhoha20@y...> wrote: > Hello Kaye, > > Wow! You have been through it more than once, huh? I'm so sorry you > had such a hard time! That stinks big time. I went to the good- > looking surgeon & he said it is just an iratation on the skin, that > the port was fine, he did put me on an anti-biotic and I go back on > Jan. 10th and he is going to schedule putting the J-tube in. He said > when the home nurse called him, she told him there was pus coming out > of the port, and I told him I thought it was just where the needle > went into the port He said, you are absolutely right. And besides > the home care nurses quit me. He chuckled & said, I was thinking when > she said there was pus, then you would be sick as a dog! And then he > called the home care nurse a few mean words, not profanity, but still > not nice. I gotta go. I'm whooped tonight for some reason. Thanks > again for all of your help & sugestions. Talk to you again soon. > > Lots of Hugs, > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > In pancreatitis@y..., " kaye53155 " <kfortenb@b...> wrote: > Hey : > got so carried away with the SVC thing that I forgot that you could > also have a blood clot or some problem wtih the line itself. Don't > get freaked. I did not mean to scare you. I nonly met to warn you! > I had to go to the ER three times in three days twice by ambulance > until someone decided that there probably was something wrong with > teh line. > Take Care, Kaye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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