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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Kayholio on October 26, 2011, 07:27:12 AM
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I'm getting my permcath out this Friday(yay!). My question is, when they remove it..do they give you anything so you don't feel it? I've heard they just pull it out..so what do they do?..cause I don't want to feel it hurt or anything :/
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I'll likely be having mine removed in the next couple of months too myself. I have wondered that also and asked others who have had it removed and everyone I asked said it was no big deal that it didn't hurt. Sounded like from the nurses I asked that it doesn't really hurt either. I have reservations on the comments I heard though because having mine 'put in' hurt like hell, it was awful, so I HOPE that my removal doesn't hurt, but at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if it did hurt-if that makes any sense :rofl; :P
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For mine they put some lidocane shots around the neck of it and then just yank it out and put pressure for about 10 minutes. They bandage it and tell you to wait 24 hours before you shower. When you take the bandage off it is just this little spot that has to heal.
Any thing medical is traumatic for me so this is something I hate to have done but it is over in a quick minute.
Then you will swear to the high heaveans they will never put another one of those in you ever ever again. :P
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mine is coming out wednesday.
i hope to dear god they don't keep me for 4 hours after for observation. not only will i miss breakfast/lunch, i'm going to be very hungry by the time i get home.
I'm kinda torn though, i liked how the central line is easy to hook up, but looks god awful.
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I will likely be thinking the same thing, Rerun, Hopefully I'll never need another one ever again! LOL!
Mcclane, hope your removal goes smoothly and quick!
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Yeah, my PD nurse told me that they just yank it out, and I'm like.."uhhh, but it's right in my neck?" D:
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Yeah, the 'yanking' part is exactly what one of my nurses told me.....rather nonchalantly too ???
"Yanking" sounds awful....and painful :(
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I had mine out. They gave me local anasthetic. I did not feel pain although there was some uncomfortableness. It took less time than I thought and everyone was really nice to me. You'll be ok.
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I had mine taken out 1 year to the day that it was put in. I was hoping/fearing they would put me out so I wouldn't feel anything. They did not use any painkiller before; they just counted to 3 and pulled. I am a total coward when it comes to pain so believe me when I say that getting it put in HURT but getting it out was nothing! It felt weird but NO PAIN! When my 24 hours was up, I stood under the shower until the hot water was gone! Good Luck! Hope it goes as smoothly for all of you as it did for me. It's about the only thing that has gone smoothly for me!
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My experience was exactly like jeannea's. It'll be over before ya know it.(http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-happy092.gif)
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Y'all are making me feel a lot better about this. Hopefully, mine will come out in a couple of months. Though I'm dreading the needles, it will be nice to not have to worry about it anymore...and to take a real SHOWER.
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Mine was removed during transplant, so one less thing to worry about.
Gwyn says his untunneled neck line did not hurt at all when it was removed. The nurse told him to breathe in and he also agrees that it felt weird, but not at all painful. They had to press on it for about 10 minutes straight, which I think they warned him might hurt, but he says it did not. I cannot even see his scar, nor mine for that matter, and mine was the tunneled variety.
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Perhaps I should think of it just the same as my neck line removal was, it didn't hurt either. I actually don't even remember specifically when it was removed, so it couldn't have bothered me that bad. :P I had forgotten about that all together. I think sometimes the hospitals, when you require medications, there's some kind of forgetting agent in some medications, because my mind is fuzzy trying to remember how it went.
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Mine is tunneled a good 2+ inches under the skin on my chest, and it's been in for a year and a half (I know, I know) so it's healed up pretty good. I dread having it out, and I really hope it'll be more than just some local anesthetic and cut-and-yank. It seems like quite an angle to follow where it enters my jugular.
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My line is 15 months old. I'm concerned too because when mine went in, they said my skin was 'tough' that was why it 'hurt so much even with a local. It was a nightmare. Mine didn't take the 'first' time....I was a guinea pig for a new type of lumen and it didn't work so in I went for a second round. It was sheer hell and I hope to God I never, ever have to go thru it again. 10 years would be too soon, I say.......mine is healed up pretty good also.....my jugular vein really shows, it's very visible.
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first they tried just pulling on it, although it didn't hurt the guy decided to give me a local because he was going to have to cut cause it was in there so good.
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Ah, I see..well hopefully mine doesn't hurt that much. I can't take pain all that well. Thanks for all the repllies :)
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I don't even know what mine felt like when they put it in - I was under general anesthesia because they took out my PD cath at the same time.
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I had 1 removed in the doctors office, he just pulled it out, no issues :2thumbsup;
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Mine was in for a year and a half. I had it taken out at the ER by my neph last June. They didn't want to do it at the dialysis unit in case there was some kind of complication, but all went fine. I don't remember if he gave me any freezing, but I think he did, cuz I think there was a bit of cutting done, and I remember the pulling. There was one stitch put in. I have a scar now that looks like a belly button
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Oh great, more belly buttons. :rofl; I already have an extra belly button from where my PD catheter was. A belly button on my chest will be even weirder.
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Oh great, more belly buttons. :rofl; I already have an extra belly button from where my PD catheter was. A belly button on my chest will be even weirder.
I have a couple of those too
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Oh great, more belly buttons. :rofl; I already have an extra belly button from where my PD catheter was. A belly button on my chest will be even weirder.
I have a couple of those too
Wasn't jbeany in need of a belly button?
Share the wealth, kids!
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I think she has one now, doesn't she? And I'm not sure if a belly button just above your breast is what you want.. *LOL*
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Having the line itself taken out didn't hurt, you just hold your breath and they pull it out. I had a band-aid afterwards:)
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Oh great, more belly buttons. :rofl; I already have an extra belly button from where my PD catheter was. A belly button on my chest will be even weirder.
Lol! I never thought of it that way but yes, I have an extra "Yankee Shot" (that's what my grandfather called it. You guessed it, he was from the South.) :rofl;
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oh boy oh boy i can hardly wait LOL :rofl;
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Good news! Just got back from getting my permcath removed. It all went well..he had to give me some lidocaine for the numbness, but after he gave it to me, didn't feel a thing except the pressure. He even showed it to me after he took it out :P
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Oh great, more belly buttons. :rofl; I already have an extra belly button from where my PD catheter was. A belly button on my chest will be even weirder.
I have a couple of those too
Wasn't jbeany in need of a belly button?
Share the wealth, kids!
I think she has one now, doesn't she? And I'm not sure if a belly button just above your breast is what you want.. *LOL*
Nope, I'm still lacking one! They said I could get one in a year, after the first mess is fully healed, if I really feel the need. Considering I get complications every time those fools get near me, I don't think I'm ever gonna need one that much!
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you can have one of mine, if you want... I've got 3, including the one on my chest. *L*
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Kayhollo, I'm glad it went well for you. Great news!
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My permacath also came out quite quickly and easily with just local anesthetic. Or most of it did.
I started having problems about 5 months later. I developed an infection at what had been the permacath site. It turned out that when the technician pulled out the permacath, a piece of the plastic sleeve had broken off and remained inside my body. This piece of plastic became a breeding ground for infection. I had to have it removed surgically.
Based on my experience, after the permacath is removed, have your physician palpate (feel) the area around the site to be sure that nothing hard remains underneath the skin.
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I was supposed to have a catheter exchange yesterday and couldn't because when he tried to remove it, it was stuck.
Now they are going to try and clear it by soaking it for an hour with ...what is it..TMP? And see if that frees it....if not it's a transesophageal echocardiogram next.
The party never ends with Dialysis!!
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I was literraly in and out in less than a half hour..... they gave me a topical and I did not feel a thing, and I was able to take a shower with in the next 2 days (had not had one in 3 months!!!!!!!!!!) no pain after either and I did not even need any pain meds either in fact I went out that night and celebrated New Years Eve!!! :bandance;
good luck............... its pretty painless and I am the biggesst baby you will ever meet!!!!!!!!
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Well, I'm having the transesophageal echocardiogram at noon today. I have a horrible gag reflex and it really freaks me out to have a numb throat so I am extremely anxious about it.
I just hope they sedate the crap out of me because I don't know how I'll get through it otherwise.