T time, I’ve got a Groshong line and mine took about hour, inc flush each end. Taste goes quickly, day after. Sounds like pain for a lot of you so get those co-dydramol or co-codamol (I prefer co-dydramol, less likely to bung you up), ibuprofen and Loratadine. Flushed, breathless, high heart rate, all SE I had.
Do you know, I rarely laugh out loud even before chemo, but this board succeeds every day. Thank you ladies. 💕💕
Runnerbean, they’ll get you sorted, hang on in there. I’m avoiding everyone atm for risk of infection.
Meesh, have a lovely day but don’t do too much. I haven’t seen my sister since July as she lives in Spain. Last time she was over I was in hosp with infection and as she’s a primary school teacher and just come over on a plane we thought better not to visit. Hoping to see her at Christmas in my ‘good’ week.
Temp, my first in the ear thermometer (Braun 5) consistently read higher than nhs. I don’t know if it was faulty but got money back and bought Braun 3. Much better, I put mine in and slightly press it upwards. My two ears are usually different and left ear (paralysed side) can go from 38.3 to 37.0 in 10mins so unless my right ear is high I generally ignore that. As long as you’re consistent, really you’re measuring the difference between your normal and going high. Our unit uses the forehead ones and again, my left side is often higher. I have to remind them to use my left side.
Ha, I never jumped my big old ex puissance horse to that level but I’ve got a great picture of me going over a jumps with about a foot+ of air between me and the saddle!
Good luck to everyone today. I’m trying the chemo bus for the first time today, for my flush. 10mins away instead of 45mins.
