[Chirley]

Hi, I have a right sided portacath which was inserted in February 2007. I have not had any problems with it. It does not give blood easily and therefore the blood taken from it is not able to be tested because the cells break and the test is not reliable.

About 2 weeks ago, one of my colleagues at work noticed that my right hand was, in her words " mottled blue" and my left hand was white. I hadn't noticed this before. Since then I've noticed that this happens a lot but I can't work out whether my right hand is darker than normal or my left hand is whiter than normal.

I asked the nurse in day care last Monday and he said that he thought my left hand was abnormally pale and that I should have some tests done to find out why.

I'd be interested to know if any one else experiences this. Is it just a variation of normal due to the portacath? If anyone else has this, has it caused any problems?

I Googled to see if I could find any reference but didn't find anything helpful.


Thanks

Chirley