when its time to remove Hickman line....

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Hi everyone,
Please can any of you gals who have come to the end of Herceptin /chemo and no longer require the line in, tell me what the experience of having it removed is like compared to having it put in?

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just bumping this up, any experiences please?

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Hi violetta,

I have had 3 hickman lines in. The last one was in 2000 so procedures may have changed, and hospitals will differ. Mine each time were removed by a doctor on the ward. Just a couple of local anaesthetic injections around the site and the make a small incision to get to it, and maybe one or two stitches afterwards. The whole procedure was quite painless.

dawnhc

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Thanks for that Dawn,
please could you tell me if you felt the pushing/pulling and wiggling like when it goes in?
cheers
kay.

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Now you are testing my chemo brained memory!! I remember being aware but not at all unpleasant. :slight_smile:

dawn

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I had a line in for approx 6 months and as Dawn said it is painless when they take it out and no you don’t feel any pulling and tugging

Fran

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Thanks Fran.