I noticed you’d had no replies so just to wish you luck with your chemo and radiotherapy. My hubby had chemoradiation last year and although it was tough and a long road he is now in remission and doung well.
He had squamous cell ca in his tonsils and metastasise in his neck lymph nodes. Following treatment( chemoradiation) and surgery ( neck dissection)he's been in remission since July 2016 and is doing well.
I am due to start chemo in 2-3 weeks and dreading the PICC line thing myself. They say I have to have one because of my tiny veins (I was hoping for a port, but not sure if that's a viable alternative).
How do you find living with it - is it OK for things like showering?
Emily, I had my picc line put in yesterday and got myself in a state about it but believe me it is fine and nothing to worry about. For showering they have told me to buy a limbo sleeve.
Hi, I had the pic line and it made life so much easier as you know now, it really didn’t hurt having it put in, hope your on the road to recovery .. Debbie
Hi Emily,
I had a Picc line fitted about 5 weeks. You feel nervous for the first few days of having it that you may bang it or get it wet.
For showing I have a waterproof sleeve again the first few days you are nervous that it will work and have a shower in about 30 seconds. But after a few days I was back to a nice long shower.
What I would say is wear a tube a grip at all times over it, including in the shower. My dressing were not lasting a week at the start but now I use the tube a grip, it’s lasting the week.
