TestifyToLove
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It will not hurt if you get numbing cream for it. And, in time the scar tissue formation will prevent it from hurting at all. And, if you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, as I specifically said previously, THIS IS WHAT HOME HEALTH NURSES ARE FOR.
Further, unless he's getting abx in the middle of the day, you could arrange for home health to access it each night and deaccess each morning.
Even if you aren't comfortable with that option *every* day its perfectly viable option to allow him to do something special, in this case the beach, and go back to keeping it access if that is your comfort level after the beach.
Deaccessing a port is as easy as taking an IV line out of your hand. You loosen the bandage around it, grab a pair of gloves and a piece of gauze and pull the needle straight out. There is NO pain in deaccessing a port whatsoever. You hold the gauze over the site to make sure its not bleeding, then slap a band-aid on it.
Its only going to hurt if you don't use LM-X or Emla when you stick the needle in. And, what is the point of that? The only reason you would skip the lidocaine with a venous access is a concern that it might cause the vein to constrict and make it harder to stick. There is no concern of that problem with a port. Why on earth would you not demand pain relief when its a perfectly viable and effective option. The pain factor has nothing to do with accessing and deaccessing but not establishing the boundary of pain relief. The 2 do not go hand in hand.
Further, unless he's getting abx in the middle of the day, you could arrange for home health to access it each night and deaccess each morning.
Even if you aren't comfortable with that option *every* day its perfectly viable option to allow him to do something special, in this case the beach, and go back to keeping it access if that is your comfort level after the beach.
Deaccessing a port is as easy as taking an IV line out of your hand. You loosen the bandage around it, grab a pair of gloves and a piece of gauze and pull the needle straight out. There is NO pain in deaccessing a port whatsoever. You hold the gauze over the site to make sure its not bleeding, then slap a band-aid on it.
Its only going to hurt if you don't use LM-X or Emla when you stick the needle in. And, what is the point of that? The only reason you would skip the lidocaine with a venous access is a concern that it might cause the vein to constrict and make it harder to stick. There is no concern of that problem with a port. Why on earth would you not demand pain relief when its a perfectly viable and effective option. The pain factor has nothing to do with accessing and deaccessing but not establishing the boundary of pain relief. The 2 do not go hand in hand.