Hello,
My port is giving me some troubles I will explain what went on and I would like to hear from others on what my best solution would be.
Ok, I get my port all ready to flush for this month and I hook up the saline and go to push it in and yikes I get some pain in my neck where the tubing is ran at and it shoots pain clear up to my ear. So I change postions and check that the port neddle is in all the way and try again to push the saline through still get the same pain. So, I hook up the heprin and try it thinking maybe it is a little clot just blocking the way well heprin makes little head way and I finally flush it slowly I mean slowly with the saline and finish with the heprin. I believe I have a clot but not sure if maybe working with more heprin would remove it or if I need to go to the hospital for TPA to be dripped through it for a few hours.
What is your opinion on what I should do? Or even if you think I may have tried something different? Any Advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in Advance
My port is giving me some troubles I will explain what went on and I would like to hear from others on what my best solution would be.
Ok, I get my port all ready to flush for this month and I hook up the saline and go to push it in and yikes I get some pain in my neck where the tubing is ran at and it shoots pain clear up to my ear. So I change postions and check that the port neddle is in all the way and try again to push the saline through still get the same pain. So, I hook up the heprin and try it thinking maybe it is a little clot just blocking the way well heprin makes little head way and I finally flush it slowly I mean slowly with the saline and finish with the heprin. I believe I have a clot but not sure if maybe working with more heprin would remove it or if I need to go to the hospital for TPA to be dripped through it for a few hours.
What is your opinion on what I should do? Or even if you think I may have tried something different? Any Advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in Advance