Rikimaroo wrote:You know whats funny My dad bought the wrap from Walgreens for me, yes my Dad is very loving for his 39 year old son, guess age doesn't matter right!! I didn't want to use it cause I was nervous of moisture or anything just seeping its way in there and causing an infection. Better to be safe then sorry but if its working for you NHMike, Maybe I will just do it too...Hate the all fours thing
Rikimaroo wrote:NH did you remove the dressing yourself? The initial clear tape they put over the port wound? Mine is still on with all the dry blood. I have my first chemo treatment on Wednesday so I am going to wait for them to remove and clean up. They didn't give me instructions to remove it but to wait for the RN to remove it. Yeah we are both over the 72 hours windows, but there is a 7 day window for keeping it dry. 48 to 72 hours for healing process of the wound. I did my port install same day as you, last Friday.
Rikimaroo wrote:NH did you remove the dressing yourself? The initial clear tape they put over the port wound? Mine is still on with all the dry blood. I have my first chemo treatment on Wednesday so I am going to wait for them to remove and clean up. They didn't give me instructions to remove it but to wait for the RN to remove it. Yeah we are both over the 72 hours windows, but there is a 7 day window for keeping it dry. 48 to 72 hours for healing process of the wound. I did my port install same day as you, last Friday.
Rikimaroo wrote:NHMike goodluck on your treatment tomorrow. My treatment begins tomorrow as well. 2 days on 12 days off for 3 months
Rikimaroo wrote:NHMike goodluck on your treatment tomorrow. My treatment begins tomorrow as well. 2 days on 12 days off for 3 months
NHMike wrote:Rikimaroo wrote:NHMike goodluck on your treatment tomorrow. My treatment begins tomorrow as well. 2 days on 12 days off for 3 months
I'm sitting in the chair and the infusion is about to start. The process takes longer than I'd like. 9 AM bloods, 10 AM Doctors meeting, 11:00 AM infusion start and it takes two hours. I have a laptop setup with my mechanical keyboard and external mouse as it's a bit of distance from the chair to the table so I can't really use the laptop keyboard and mouse with this thing attached to my chest.
Robino1 wrote:NHMike wrote:Rikimaroo wrote:NHMike goodluck on your treatment tomorrow. My treatment begins tomorrow as well. 2 days on 12 days off for 3 months
I'm sitting in the chair and the infusion is about to start. The process takes longer than I'd like. 9 AM bloods, 10 AM Doctors meeting, 11:00 AM infusion start and it takes two hours. I have a laptop setup with my mechanical keyboard and external mouse as it's a bit of distance from the chair to the table so I can't really use the laptop keyboard and mouse with this thing attached to my chest.
At least your blood is drawn before seeing the doc. Mine are done after and then have to wait till they get the results back on the blood counts before proceeding.
One time I had a new person and OMG I was there for 7 hours!!!
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