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Post by christine58 on Jun 27, 2014 20:35:02 GMT
Anyone ever have to have them?? My mom who finished chemo three weeks ago has had some issues with her port. Now it apparently caused three blood clots to form in her arm. She and my dad are at the oncologist's right now and according to my dad, she'll need 5 straight days of shots. Then it can take up to 6 weeks for the clots to dissolve.
I'd love to hear anyone's experience.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jun 27, 2014 20:42:50 GMT
Anyone ever have to have them?? My mom who finished chemo three weeks ago has had some issues with her port. Now it apparently caused three blood clots to form in her arm. She and my dad are at the oncologist's right now and according to my dad, she'll need 5 straight days of shots. Then it can take up to 6 weeks for the clots to dissolve. I'd love to hear anyone's experience. My mother has to have them when she has any kind of surgery. I was about 14yrs old giving them to her. I was taught by her doctors office nurse but had already had experienced giving shots to myself so it wasn't a big deal. I gave my mom hers in her stomach. I also always gave them at the same time to her each evening. Made a chart and checked it off just to keep a record to make sure it was given. |
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Post by christine58 on Jun 27, 2014 21:39:00 GMT
Thanks!! She's going to have to have hers at the same time also. Our neighbor is a nurse so that helps. I think they put her on warfarin too which has probably pissed her off because of the no large amounts of green leafy veggies...
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Post by krispin41 on Jun 27, 2014 21:42:31 GMT
I had to have them after my surgery for ovarian cancer (but before chemo), but only when I was in the hospital. I just remember feeling bruised in every spot on my thigh where they administered them.
I didn't have a port...I just got set up with IVs for my treatments.
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Post by christine58 on Jun 27, 2014 21:44:57 GMT
I had to have them after my surgery for ovarian cancer (but before chemo), but only when I was in the hospital. I just remember feeling bruised in every spot on my thigh where they administered them. I didn't have a port...I just got set up with IVs for my treatments. She had a port because the chemo she got she came home on with a pump. It slowly released over 46 hours. The port caused more issues than the chemo. |
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Post by melissak on Jun 28, 2014 1:00:40 GMT
The shots are not really a big deal, but more annoying. Having an educated neighbor might come in handy if your mom needs some extra help. They should do plenty of training before she has to do it on her own. And like a previous poster said an annoying side effect is brusing and sometimes pain at the injection site.
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Post by alissa103 on Jun 28, 2014 1:13:31 GMT
Hey! I had to do them the last month of my pregnancy, twice a day. They are really not a big deal. The worst part was just psyching myself up to give them to myself. I didn't even bruise from them if I was good about rotating my injection spots. Sometimes the medicine burned a bit after it went under the skin, but nothing horrible. 5 days should be manageable. If it makes her feel better, I had to do them twice a day that last month, but had to do another one (Lovenox) every day for the previous 8 months. Fun times.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jun 28, 2014 1:21:16 GMT
Thanks!! She's going to have to have hers at the same time also. Our neighbor is a nurse so that helps. I think they put her on warfarin too which has probably pissed her off because of the no large amounts of green leafy veggies... Yeah my mom loves spinach but its not something she is suppose to eat a lot because of her blood. I got so use to giving them to her because she was always having surgeries it because 2nd nature. I agree that bruising will happen. My moms stomach looked like she was beaten but its normal...well at least for her. Good luck to your mom. I was following your updates on your mom at the pod...unless your a totally different pea I'm thinking of ha! ..this one had a cute pup as a profile pic :-) |
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Post by christine58 on Jun 28, 2014 2:14:03 GMT
Thanks!! She's going to have to have hers at the same time also. Our neighbor is a nurse so that helps. I think they put her on warfarin too which has probably pissed her off because of the no large amounts of green leafy veggies... Yeah my mom loves spinach but its not something she is suppose to eat a lot because of her blood. I got so use to giving them to her because she was always having surgeries it because 2nd nature. I agree that bruising will happen. My moms stomach looked like she was beaten but its normal...well at least for her. Good luck to your mom. I was following your updates on your mom at the pod...unless your a totally different pea I'm thinking of ha! ..this one had a cute pup as a profile pic :-) Yes that's me....LOL...can't find that picture of Abbey dog. She can have the shot in her arm too so that's what our friend did today. She handled the chemo so well...no issues except with the port |
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Post by christine58 on Jun 28, 2014 2:15:43 GMT
Hey! I had to do them the last month of my pregnancy, twice a day. They are really not a big deal. The worst part was just psyching myself up to give them to myself. I didn't even bruise from them if I was good about rotating my injection spots. Sometimes the medicine burned a bit after it went under the skin, but nothing horrible. 5 days should be manageable. If it makes her feel better, I had to do them twice a day that last month, but had to do another one (Lovenox) every day for the previous 8 months. Fun times. It is lovenox actually. (I was wrong about the heparin). Hoping this is just another blip in the road... |
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jun 28, 2014 2:18:51 GMT
Yeah my mom loves spinach but its not something she is suppose to eat a lot because of her blood. I got so use to giving them to her because she was always having surgeries it because 2nd nature. I agree that bruising will happen. My moms stomach looked like she was beaten but its normal...well at least for her. Good luck to your mom. I was following your updates on your mom at the pod...unless your a totally different pea I'm thinking of ha! ..this one had a cute pup as a profile pic :-) Yes that's me....LOL...can't find that picture of Abbey dog. She can have the shot in her arm too so that's what our friend did today. She handled the chemo so well...no issues except with the port Oh ok good..glad your the same person! I mostly remember people because their profile pic or their explosive hair flips lol So glad chemo went well for her! |
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