Despite several attempts by Rosie, the Nurse and her colleague Billy, the PICC line would not go where it was supposed to, preferring to make its way into my neck rather than the chest. Billy was in fact from a different department and she was there assisting, but also observing Rosie for professional developmental purposes. This was quite interesting as I was hearing a running commentary of the procedure, which satisfied 'my need to know' every detail!
This time the procedure felt a little more painful than last time, but still very 'doable'. Billy happily took some pictures of the procedure, having learnt about my blog.
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Ultrasound technology was used to locate a suitable vein and guide the procedure, I have no idea what I was looking at on the screen, but it seemed Rosie was happy with the vein she had found. There was discussion between Billy and Rosie about my veins being small, and Billy commented that she could not have got in that vein. Rosie did indeed get 'it' in the vein, with a little local anaesthetic and 'nick' to the skin with a scalpel. The issue however was that it would not thread through to the chest cavity, and Rosie abandoned the procedure and booked me in to have a Groshong line fitted on 6th March 2014.
This means my chemotherapy date has been put back to Friday 7th March. I was due to have Round 3 of the chemo treatment on the 3rd, however to administer the Epirubicin (the E part of the FEC) chemo treatment through a cannula could cause damage to my veins so I have to wait until the Groshong line is fitted. I'm assured that the 4 day delay will be made up, so this should not prolong my treatment.
So there we have it, another adventure, but hey at least there is an extra 4 day's of fundraising for the `multi coloured Mohican hair dare!! lol xx (only £50 needed to hit the target!!).
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