It scared me beyond myself. Most people think nothing of it after the first day. I was so scared to move for days. This behavior was laughed at by staff which helped me get used to it because they knew better because of seeing the picc daily. After I realized that these are used with trust I gradually took to it. Good luck as I also would do it again knowing it to be so trusted, but I know I again will still be afraid to move.
Merrill P.S. I would take the picc! I caught MRSA, a resistant staph infection from the hospital and it is not a dump, just the nature of the beast. _____ From: Danny Hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 8:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] repeat UTI infections --- Hiospital I.V. or PICC line ? Hi all..... I may have to choose to go into the hospital for a week or so of IV antibiotics or get a Picc line to do it at home. This is my 4th time of serious Pseudomonas infection colonizing . I know a few of you have had a PICC LINE-------Can you tell me if they are painful or dangerous?? The docs have been fighting this with oral antibiotics for 2 months but we are waiting for another culture result today or tomorrow. Reapeated infections are depressing, (I suppose just as bedsores are for others on the list.) We are sterile and do everything right but UTI's just keep making my life hell on and off for about 4 years now. Anyway if you had a choise would you choose Picc Line OR hospital stay and IV drugs?? Also I don't even have a clue what options are open for me if this keeps happening>>> has anyone with this trouble or having a supra-pubic catheter had to change or reroute bladder to another way?? Thanks for any idea's Dan H.
