physical restrictions with port a cath
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sort of, theres 600 bucks worth of rain gear out on the front lawn. It used to be mossy oak, now its all cow shit brown
Way to GO, Scott. Congratulations on your return to living!! Love to hear it. Mud angels, is that what I think? Like snow angels? Lie it up Scott, we only have one life, that we remember anyway!
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. I got my redneck on yesterday by taking an atv trip with my buddies. What an awesome day. I might have snuck a few drinks of rum. I even made mud angels.
Scott…..I will have to look up Moncton, New Brunswick on Google to see what’s there and what it’s like. I can understand the “need” to go with a new Bass Pro Shop and Cabela’s. LOL. I don’t think my husband could resist that either. What kind of dance does your daughter do? How long will you be there? Maybe you could sit in the hot tub up to your waist in the water????? Oh…..and weird as it sounds……if you can find some “Press and Seal” (don’t know if that have that product in the grocery store where you are), it was recommended to me to use to cover my incisions when I had to keep them dry in the shower while they were healing. I wouldn’t go swimming with it on…and it does look a little weird….but I was able to take a shower with it over the incision. I’m sure you’re going to enjoy the trip however it is. Sometimes, it’s just good to get away.
Julie T.
We are still planning our trip to Moncton mormal, unless the doc says otherwise. We go thrrr every year for my daughter’s dance competition. They just opened a Bass Pro Shop and Cabela’s there, so I need to go even with drugs, stitches and bandages. No pool or hot tub at the hotel kinda sucks though. It is slightly more than a three hour trip from my home in Kentville, Nova Scotia, to Moncton New Brunswick.
Scott, I agree with Marion,…..most port are put in without any incidents….pretty simple procedure and IF you were awake by chance, I think you would be surprised by how ho-hum it really is. I just wanted you to be aware that the anesthetic isn’t always 100%, so you need to speak up if you are awake and aware. The first time, I would have preferred to have been all the way asleep, but since I wasn’t, I found out first hand what it was like. I’d do it again without the sedation if they’d let me, just to not have to stay around as long. But, you have to be a very good patient and lie very, very still.
Where is Moncton?
I think after 24 hours, you should be cleared to drive. I don’t remember any restrictions, other than not getting the bandages or incisions wet for a couple days. But, until you are okay, sit back and take it easy and let others do the driving and other stuff that requires a clear head and fast reflexes.
). Have a great vacation ………yoiu deserve it.Julie T.
Scott……I can’t base these comments on personal experience, but have been told by many that the procure was rather uneventful. Wishing the same for you, save trip to Moncton and if you can do so please take some pictures for us as well.
Hugs,
MarionThe Dr told me I’ll get a very healthy dose of local anesthetic “just in case”. most hospitals around here do not even offer general anesthetic for port surgery anymore.
Sucky part of this whole thing, is that the surgery is happening the same day we intended on travelling to Moncton for a family vacation. We’re still going, as soon as Im released. I guess I won’t be driving.Scott,
Head’s up. When, I had my port put in, I was supposedly supposed to be given stuff to put me out for a while. I was wide awake during the whole procedure anyway and aware of everything going on. He still used local anesthetic, thank goodness, so I did not “feel” pain per se, but I knew everything he was doing the entire time. At one point, he dropped some surgical instrument on the incision area of my resection surgery (and the instrument was heavy). I growned because THAT hurt….and he asked, “Are you awake?” I told him, “YUP”! He instructed the anesthetist to give me more of whatever she had to put me asleep. That didn’t do anything either. I don’t know what it was that they were using, but if you don’t want to be awake….make sure to tell them that…..and if you find yourself cognizant of what is going on, speak up. I just lay there and kept thinking that I’d get put out any time soon. It was a very long hour to go through like that. I’m a pretty tough cookie when I have to be, so I got through it okay, but it sure wasn’t what I expected to happen.
When I had the port removed, I had another doctor do that….and he did not use any anesthetic other than local numbing. I figured, what the heck….why not. He talked his way through the steps of the procedure, telling me everything he was doing, and it was over before I knew it. Since they only used a local anesthetic to numb the area, I was allowed to go home almost immediately. Otherwise, I would have had to have stayed for about 4 hours.
Don’t mean to scare you……I think it’s better to understand completely what they are going to do. ……Just make sure to let them know you do not want to be awake at ALL……not aware of anything….and speak up if you are. It seems some of the anesthetics they use for procedures like this are lighter than the ones they use for deep surgery or maybe it doesn’t work at all on some people. I remember when I had a cardiac catheterization, I was awake for the entire procedure, though they insisted I was asleep. (Only had my eyes closed, but I remember distinctly the conversations and hearing the doctor say, “It is 100% closed.” And…that wasn’t all I remember and it’s been 14 years. ).
Just get it done….you’ll be fine. Just be proactive for yourself.
Julie T.
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