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Just curious. So far no problems with my daughter's line. Going into week 4. Thanks.
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Hubby just had his pulled after seven months.
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Hubby is probably going to have his replaced next month since he has met his insurance out-of-pocket amount for the year.
This is his longest PICC line ever -- has been in for 24 months on 11/1/09.
Most of his lines have lasted 12 months or so -- way back before he knew about hypercoagulation his first couple of lines only lasted a few weeks. He has had a line in continuously for 7 years now. Was hoping the current one would be his last, but he is still stuck doing IV Phenergan and some supportive things for now.
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Bea,
How did you find out that he had hypercoagulation? And what did you do for that? I'm curious, because I just had to have my PICC line out after 5 months, as it sprung a leak.
But I had a LOT of on-going pain with it all along. Not sure if it was from spasms in the vein or vein irritation or what. How would hypercoagulation manifest? Thank you.
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I take 1 mg Coumadin every day to prevent blood clots.
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So does my daughter tracy. And she has a blood test every other week to check her coagulation levels.
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I'm on my second line. The first got a leak after 5 months. I've had this one for 10 months now.
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