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10-16-2007, 06:09 PM
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IMO one picc line would be better that getting poked every day with a new iv....
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10-16-2007, 06:34 PM
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There is a greater risk/danger of infections with multiple, daily IV sticks. Plus, even if you have to have one IV stick per day (assuming that you have WONDERFUL veins, and they are able to get each IV in, in one stick only...something that NEVER happens to me), that is what? 21 sticks? More if veins are problematic in any way, or if the sticker has some other sort of problem getting one in. That will blow most all of the easily available veins.
It was explained to me that once a vein is punctured, either in a sucessful IV placement, or in an attempt, that vein is out of commission for a while. Can’t re-use it right away. Plus....multiple IV’s make your veins comparable to that of a junkie. Junkies have HORRIBLE veins. LOL, I have been told that mine are like a junkies, from all of the IV’s that I have had to have over the past over 11 years of living with RSD and getting blocks and other procedures to help treat it. If you have some sort of problem with getting an PIC line, maybe you can talk someone into doing what you think is best. Thing is, there are usually some pretty good reasons that the medical workers have their way that they do things. Good luck.
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