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Originally Posted by the Shemp
i had a triple line for 18 months when i had leukemia..it was a godsend for drawing blood and for taking fluids/chemo/blood/platelets etc... but they have to be flushed very often..
i got pretty good at drawing my own blood ;)
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I agree with the often flushes. Anytime they give me anything it gets flushed. Longest I waited is 6 hours. Most often it would be more often as I get push IV pain meds to as often as every 4 hours, anti nausea meds as often as every four hours, neither of which would ever be on same schedule really. I just can take when I want as long as it is 4 hours from my last dose.
Plus no damn real reason even with very little flushing that it would be messed up in less than a week. Got put it late Saturday night and it went bad on Friday morning.