Picc line moved

I don't know a lot about PICC lines, but I'm sure others that have had them will be along soon with suggestions.
I do know that the placement is incredibly important. If it's in too far, it can rub the heart, causing issues there. You may have to go back in and have the line xrayed (or whatever they do when they place it) to be sure it's in the right place still.

Yeah it would have gone well, I was following the you tube video but it slid out unexpectedly. Hard to do with only one hand and my right hand as I am left handed. Plus it's on the inside of my bicep just a little awkward. Next time I just need to have someone hold it in place while I change the dressing. This is just getting so expensive. Haven't had an income for over 8 weeks now. Credit card maxed, took out a personal loan, savings gone I'm a sinking ship. I was in a bad way already due to a roof fall 4 years ago that made me miss quite a bit of work and when I finally got close to being caught up from that I was in a car crash that made me miss work. I've been playing catch up for four years and as soon as it sems like I'm getting things under control something else happens. Now insurance won't pay for anything which sucks, I've been at my company for 23 years and paying into it but when I need them they bail on me. So I have to pay for all meds, supplies, doc visits, tests etc while still trying to pay regular bills. ARGGH!! I just need to get back to work asap.

WV Mike said...
Ok so here's the deal. Insurance sucks, quit paying for home health to change picc line dressing so I told them not to come back because I can't afford it. I watched how to do it on you tube, pretty simple so I did it myself. Problems is I think I may have pushed it in about a 1/4" further when I changed the dressing. It slid out a little and I pushed it back in to where I thought it was. I flushed it afterwards and all seems fine. What do you guys think? I was suprised at how easy it moved in and out. Plus it was a little difficult to do one handed.

My friend who is a nurse used to do my bandage change. Now I do it myself with help from my significant other. I agree that it's not that difficult to do. If you are going to do it yourself, maybe invite a friend over for a second pair of hands. I also tape the tubing extension to my arm so the line won't move around much when I'm doing the bandage change.

ya the other end sit really close to the heart man...iv abx arent a pancea or a cure ...keep with the stings man i got stronger longer after treating bartonella

bluelyme said...
keep with the stings man i got stronger longer after treating bartonella

I've been feeling a little better the last 5 days so I finally got into the bees a little. Between supervising my son pulling honey, bringing a couple traps home and getting a few nucs ready for sale I've taken at least 40 stings in 5 days. Tried to bring two swarms home the other night but when I got them down to the yard I realized there wasn't enough room on the stands so I had to transfer them to the skinnier nuc boxes in the dark using my cellphone flashlight. . Got the bulk of my stings during that little venture lol. Not targeted just random places but it's a start. I got some reverse tweezers to hold the bees so I can start stinging the right areas. My son built another stand and I'm planning on going to get some of my other traps with swarms in them and bring them home this weekend.

Traveler, I'm going to get an x-ray today. I told my doc what happened and he insisted on an x-ray. He said the same things you guys have been saying.

Thanks traveler I will let you all know.

Wondering the same thing myself! How are you doing now, Mike?

yay! glad to hear!

I'm going to stay clear from IV until the oral abx + other stuff has run it's course.

Thanks