For me, I know I need a tune up when I have an increased cough, especially at night, the color is worse, have more spells of SOB, and Tobi or Colistin doesn't make a big improvement (if any). I don't usually lose weight (mostly pancreatic sufficent), but if I have both lung and weight symptoms, I am pretty bad.
I usually go in for a few days (24 hours if I can get a picc line pronto <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ) and then go home, as I am one who always seems to catch something else when I am there, and I have mild scoliosis, so the hospital beds are horrid for me (at home, I have 2 layers of regular foam, and 3 memory foam layers on my bed, to keep my joints from aching and my arms from "going to sleep" ).
I have learned since I have had my daughter that if I am going to get the most out of home IVs, I have to let other people do for me, so about all I do is cook dinner when I am doing IVs- my mom or MIL does my laundry and my housework, and they usually come over and do that during my middle of the day meds, and watch my daughter so I am not distracted while I do them. If I need a nap afterwards, they either watch her or take them home with them. And if needed, my husband hires a cleaning lady when I am sick.
My insurance pays better if I go home, too, so that is another reason I like home IVs. My doctor also knows that I am very compliant with my therapies, so it's not a problem there. It's a slightly big deal to get IVs (then again, so is a broken leg or something similar, and that lasts longer <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ), but not as much of one as my daughter gets older, it seems.
I usually go in for a few days (24 hours if I can get a picc line pronto <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ) and then go home, as I am one who always seems to catch something else when I am there, and I have mild scoliosis, so the hospital beds are horrid for me (at home, I have 2 layers of regular foam, and 3 memory foam layers on my bed, to keep my joints from aching and my arms from "going to sleep" ).
I have learned since I have had my daughter that if I am going to get the most out of home IVs, I have to let other people do for me, so about all I do is cook dinner when I am doing IVs- my mom or MIL does my laundry and my housework, and they usually come over and do that during my middle of the day meds, and watch my daughter so I am not distracted while I do them. If I need a nap afterwards, they either watch her or take them home with them. And if needed, my husband hires a cleaning lady when I am sick.
My insurance pays better if I go home, too, so that is another reason I like home IVs. My doctor also knows that I am very compliant with my therapies, so it's not a problem there. It's a slightly big deal to get IVs (then again, so is a broken leg or something similar, and that lasts longer <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> ), but not as much of one as my daughter gets older, it seems.