I am really excited about this I don't know if its going to happen or not but I am really excited of just the thought that it may happen for me!
I went to the hospital last week to have the dressings on my picc line changed. Since I am no longer " Home Bound" from my shitty 3 weeks of bronchitas and some stomache infection I had to finally go back to work so becuase of that my nurse is no longer allowed to come out and see me if im not home bound. Anyway. I went to the hospital to have my dressings changed and my skin underneath where the bandages are is just awful.. Its bright red and itchy and blistered and its beginning to hurt. ( Its going on a year since I have had this picc line in... ew) So when they went to flush it they couldnt get it to becuase there was a huge blood clot in the line. ( Which is really scary when you have a picc line in becuase it starts in your arm and goes all the way to to the main vessel or whatever that is right next to your heart. So.. clots. No good. So what they have to do is take a certain type of medicine and disolve the clot... it took them 45 minutes to do that! Yikes... So while we were doing this the nurse had suggested that maybe I talk to my doctor and look in to getting a Bardport.
A bardport is like my picc line but its in my chest underneath my skin... they would go in surgically and implant it ... when its time for my medicine its a special type of needle that they give me and i would put it in my chest right into the cathader and thats how I would get my medicine!!
I am so excited for this I really hope my doctor approves it.. It would just be sooo nice to be able to wear short sleeve shirts again without people looking at my picc line and thinking " Whats wrong with that girl??" No one would see it! I could go swimming and be able to shower without having to cover my arm up!!
Like I said I have to talk to my doctor about it but it just sounds so much better. I am really getting sick of the picc line and its not gonna be taken out anytime soon. I am still always sick and getting medicine threw it ..like I said its not gonna be taken out anytime soon.
The picc line has been great... SO much better then getting a new iv every 2 days so much better but if I could have something that was just underneath my skin and no one ever has to see it... it just sounds so much better!
A Bard port, also known as a mediport, is surgically connected to a large vein or artery and implanted under the skin, for direct access to the blood stream. Usually, if there is an issue getting an intravenous started on someone (due to collapsed veins) that needs routine and long-term IV medication therapy (chemo, etc.), they will have one of these implanted for easy access.
Wish me Luck!
