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Arterial Blood Gas- help!

anonymous

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haha thanks, I was just talking to my friend about it and as I was saying it outloud I thought "respiratory therapist!" hahah.

caitlin
 

anonymous

New member
Post TX I have had 15-20 and they usely want one twice a year. If I am doing well I can slide. If I am having any issues they insist. Since they can recall my lungs and may not give me another set if I ever need them, I will comply. I would rather have a BG than another TX.

CF 55 TX cepacia
 

shamrock

New member
I've had one of these done before and I was PETRIFIED! They gave me emla but it didn't ease my worry. It was ok to be honest, the thought was much worse. The pain after is like a dull growing pain. They wanted to repeat them about six weeks ago but I refused so what they did was they took blood from a vein and checked it and told me if it looked bad they'd HAVE to do an arterial one. Thankfully the one from the vein was enough!
 
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