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Old 10-14-2006, 11:46 AM #1
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Unhappy central line

hi can someone please help me , i have to have a central line put in they said that it will be in my chest near my shoulder i am so scared has anyone ever had this done and does it hurt ,how long does it take anything that anyone can share , i am having this cause of the plasmapheresis they are having trouble getting a line in my arm ,they said its because of all the scare tissue ,i guess thats from the plasmapheresis that i have had ,i am so scared of needles, I am a big baby! yes i know , its kinda funny someone how is so scared of needles i am sure getting alot of them lately
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I have had it twice and its a piece of cake next to the many sticks I used to get! I also hate needles and I am a big baby when it comes to them!
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My husband had a central line like that that was in for about a year when he was taking chemo for cancer. We never had any trouble at all with it. And it sure saved a lot of sticks.
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How did it go, littlewish? Did you get it done yet? Update, please! I hope it all went well, no pain, no discomfort. At least with the central line, there won't be any more problems with needles!
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well thanks for everything i went and had it done , it is called a tunneled perm catheter and they gave me a light sedative and then numbed the area they tried to get blood from me but they couldnt the vein collapsed so they waited until they had the catheter in place I have some pain brusing and swelling but, i had my first pheresis today and NO pain with needles just pluged me in and it was done thanks again , this forum is great and so are the people
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Oh, how wonderful that everything went so well for you! I'm glad the worst is over. See, it wasn't near as bad as you thought it would be, was it?
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