Ontopic Health Thread: post your AIDS, diseases and infekshunz here.

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Infectious disease doc says I'm almost out of the woods. PICC line comes out tomorrow. 7 days of oral Keflex. I can finally lift old man weights again!

omg tell me about the PICC line?
when i had sepsis and i was thisclose to losing part of my colon, my surgeons wanted to to install a PICC line and when they told me where it went and what it did , i fucking bawled my eyes out and made my self puke begging them noooooo
(remember i have a needle phobia)


tell meeeeee how bad was it
 
omg tell me about the PICC line?
when i had sepsis and i was thisclose to losing part of my colon, my surgeons wanted to to install a PICC line and when they told me where it went and what it did , i fucking bawled my eyes out and made my self puke begging them noooooo
(remember i have a needle phobia)


tell meeeeee how bad was it
I also have a wicked needle phobia from my first cancer chemo 37 years ago. I hate all things IV.
Turned out OK. My IV nurses are specialists. Today's dude nurse is becoming a nurse practitioner next week! Very gentle. Didn't hurt at all.

IV technology has come a long way. They use ultrasound to direct the entry so they aren't just hunting and so they don't ruin any veins. If you ever need a PICC line, it's gonna be OK.
 
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