Going to chemo in a wig
Yesterday, I started my first chemo session. Three nurses tried to find my veins for a cannula. Finally, they called a vascular nurse to locate the vein under ultrasound and will have inserted a PICC...
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@GorgyS, hope you are doing well.
I’ve just completed chemo. Similar to what other ladies have mentioned, wear what makes you happy and comfortable 😊. I wore a scarf and at my infusion centre, most of the ladies wore a scarf but there was one who came bare head. And she is always smiling 😊.
I’ve just completed chemo. Similar to what other ladies have mentioned, wear what makes you happy and comfortable 😊. I wore a scarf and at my infusion centre, most of the ladies wore a scarf but there was one who came bare head. And she is always smiling 😊.
I have very small veins and at my second chemo session, the nurses struggled to find my vein and they had to ask an expert senior nurse to look for it, she found it within seconds. I was asked to consider a PICC line which I was reluctant to have as I am still trying to recover from my surgery. Having the PiCC line will mean I can’t use both arms (short term restrictions). I explained my situation to the head nurse and requested for the ‘expert’ nurse to do my cannula. What I discovered (accidentally) later is that exercising (just walking on the spot, swinging my hands/arms) my veins were more visible. Give this a try at home and see if it works for you if you want to avoid another surgery (PICC).
p.s. drinking loads of water didn’t help at all for me. Not sure if it has work for you.
all the best for your chemo journey 😘.
Gin
p.s. drinking loads of water didn’t help at all for me. Not sure if it has work for you.
all the best for your chemo journey 😘.
Gin