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  1. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    Lou Lou-here is my thing on the port. I also get phlebitis fairly easy and after a few piccs my arm would just ache after a couple days. SOmetimes I woudl have trouble getting the meds to flow because the vein woudl clamp down and I woudl have to disconnect, force saline through (if I could)...
  2. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    Lou Lou-here is my thing on the port. I also get phlebitis fairly easy and after a few piccs my arm would just ache after a couple days. SOmetimes I woudl have trouble getting the meds to flow because the vein woudl clamp down and I woudl have to disconnect, force saline through (if I could)...
  3. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    Lou Lou-here is my thing on the port. I also get phlebitis fairly easy and after a few piccs my arm would just ache after a couple days. SOmetimes I woudl have trouble getting the meds to flow because the vein woudl clamp down and I woudl have to disconnect, force saline through (if I could)...
  4. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    Lou Lou-here is my thing on the port. I also get phlebitis fairly easy and after a few piccs my arm would just ache after a couple days. SOmetimes I woudl have trouble getting the meds to flow because the vein woudl clamp down and I woudl have to disconnect, force saline through (if I could)...
  5. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    Lou Lou-here is my thing on the port. I also get phlebitis fairly easy and after a few piccs my arm would just ache after a couple days. SOmetimes I woudl have trouble getting the meds to flow because the vein woudl clamp down and I woudl have to disconnect, force saline through (if I could)...
  6. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    Lou Lou-here is my thing on the port. I also get phlebitis fairly easy and after a few piccs my arm would just ache after a couple days. SOmetimes I woudl have trouble getting the meds to flow because the vein woudl clamp down and I woudl have to disconnect, force saline through (if I could)...
  7. M

    IV Big Improvements

    oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO! The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1...
  8. M

    IV Big Improvements

    oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO! The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1...
  9. M

    IV Big Improvements

    oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO! The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1...
  10. M

    IV Big Improvements

    oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO! The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1...
  11. M

    IV Big Improvements

    oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO! The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1...
  12. M

    IV Big Improvements

    oh yes Mel, at leas ttry it once, this is so great IMO! The 'ball' is preset to do about an hour so it has been almost an hour and I unscrewed it to see if it was taking right amount of time and it is down to a very slow drip so I put it back on and will just go by leaving it hooked up for 1...
  13. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm. It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no...
  14. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm. It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no...
  15. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm. It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no...
  16. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm. It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no...
  17. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm. It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no...
  18. M

    Sweat In Port Dressing?

    I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm. It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no...
  19. M

    IV Big Improvements

    Perhaps everyone else's IV companies are already doing this but if not I have two major improvements this time in the goods I am using and so I wanted to pass them along. A-using a cloroprep stick instead of the swabs with betadine and alcohol. Old way for me had 3 sticks of each to use and we...
  20. M

    IV Big Improvements

    Perhaps everyone else's IV companies are already doing this but if not I have two major improvements this time in the goods I am using and so I wanted to pass them along. A-using a cloroprep stick instead of the swabs with betadine and alcohol. Old way for me had 3 sticks of each to use and we...
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