Frustrated!!!!!!
Ok so tomorrow I'm due to have my 2nd AC chemo since my last one got cancelled due to 0 neutrophils. So I go today to the place that the hospital had organised for me to have my blood tests done thr...
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Hi Chriss - how frustrating!!!!! I don't think people understand how hard it is to go through all these blood tests and injections when your veins are shot. I really feel for you after just having gone through my own battle with horrible veins.
I heard that blood can be drawn from certain types of picc lines but not all pathology collection places have the necessary cannula/valve connection thingy to do this and depending on the gauge of the picc it could collapse so that could be why some places don't take blood this way. Not sure if this is correct- just something I heard from relatives that are nurses.
As I will be begging my oncologist for preferably a port a cath - but maybe a picc line - next week, I'll ask about this. Let the hospital know about your experience especially if it was the hospital that referred you to this collection place.
Hope they managed to get blood out of you and you are in good form for the next round of chemo.
Good luck and take care
Nadine