There was a time when the veins on my hands popped right at you, plump and visible, a phleobotomist's dream. Then chemo. Not once, but twice. A toxic cocktail of three drugs for brain cancer to be followed by a mix of two potent poisons to treat breast cancer.
Like you, only one arm can be used for IVs and blood drawing. My go to vein is the left antecubital vein, okay for blood drawing and short term IV line for administering contrast for PET scans and MRI. but not the option for an IV line during surgery.
My last chemotherapy was just about one year ago. The veins are starting to come back.
Talk about pain with having blood drawn from the veins on your hand, ever have blood drawn from the tiny veins in between your fingers? Oh Yeah!!
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Hello Haralee,
I do!
There was a time when the veins on my hands popped right at you, plump and visible, a phleobotomist's dream. Then chemo. Not once, but twice. A toxic cocktail of three drugs for brain cancer to be followed by a mix of two potent poisons to treat breast cancer.
Like you, only one arm can be used for IVs and blood drawing. My go to vein is the left antecubital vein, okay for blood drawing and short term IV line for administering contrast for PET scans and MRI. but not the option for an IV line during surgery.
My last chemotherapy was just about one year ago. The veins are starting to come back.
Talk about pain with having blood drawn from the veins on your hand, ever have blood drawn from the tiny veins in between your fingers? Oh Yeah!!
Regards,
January 26, 2015 - 9:25amMaryann
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