Do not take clindamycin with a swallow of water and then lie down.

Trying not to loose my mind. I refer to this post: http://desirerofhesed.livejournal.com/78693.html

Applies all the more so now that it's colder.

Ok, so I've got tons of betadine swabs and sterile gloves in my piles of excess sterile dressing kits, and there's a bottle of whiskey in the cabinet and a leather belt in my closet. Between the two, I can pull this line tonight and actually get some sleep, right?

Central lines and infusions when it is below 50 degrees should be considered cruel and unusual punishment

So the entrance site for my Hickman has been getting more and more irritated and sore as the week has progressed. Then this morning I wake up at 6 when I roll over and PAIN shoots through my chest and down my arm. It was all I could do to not scream. Is a little better now. Just really sore. Hoping that it's hurting 'cause the muscle around the ( Read more... )

Seems like all I ever feel any more is pain, and all I ever do is try to hide it. From the world, from my friends, from my family, from myself. My tummy hurts, my muscles hurt, my joints hurt, my Hickman hurts. I smile, I answer 'fine,' I hold my head up and try to be strong. I spend my energy building the tower in my heart where I hide my pain, ( Read more... )

Well, if I hated my Hickman, I have no words strong enough to describe my loathing of my PICC. Right now it hurts like crazy whenever I move or bend it, but I'm supposed to move it to ensure good bloodflow (is that right, April?) to the area. Hoping this hurting thing will go away in a few days, but it is most definately distracting now. The worst ( Read more... )

I'm remembering why I stopped infusing anything for the last two weeks. One would think that infusing anti-biotic would not provoke symptoms. WRONG. Once again, PAIN and nausea and everything else that goes with bacteria in the bloodstream. I hate this.

Well, it's 2:30 am, I have 2 exams and a paper due tomorrow, and I am currently awake because my joints and tummy are screaming in pain and my temperature keeps climbing. It got up to 100.5 earlier this evening, but a cold shower brought it back down to below 100 (the point at which I'm supposed to call Lincare). I'm hoping this is just a bug of ( Read more... )

Something is still not right. I was hurting so badly last night and I knew I needed to be able to study today, so I went on and took my Lunesta so I'd actually get a good night's sleep. Woke up feel much better than yesterday. Started feeling a little poorly around 11, so I came back to push some Zofran and take a shower before hooking up to my ( Read more... )