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Old Sat Aug 31, 2013, 08:29 AM
Sally C Sally C is offline
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Hi Chirley,
Thank you for correcting the misinformation in my post. I didn't realize there were things you could do to avoid scarring of veins. I'm surprised health care providers here don't inform patients or use these methods to keep the veins from scarring as I know of situations where a Picc line has had to be put in due to scarring - my sister-in-law the most recent - last month.
I wasn't aware of how ports are handled in Australia. Here in the US my husband has had blood drawn many times through his port but as you said - only a nurse can access it. That has never been a problem though as there are always nurses available when his port needs to be accessed or flushed.
I hate to think that my blood work results are skewed because of small needles being used but that's the only way they have been able to draw blood from my small veins. What do you do when a larger needle can't be used?
Thanks again for the information.
Best wishes,
Sally
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