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Solutions for ascites (fluid build up in the abdomen).
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Jul 29 4:33pm | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
@val64 A good question. I’ve been reading up on the internet as this procedure sounds terrible for @dj12 but necessary for relief. The articles I’ve read say no sedation and just a local anaesthetic to the needle site and underlying tissue.
Maybe that’s also something to be discussed with the hospital. I wonder why sedation hasn’t been proposed given the trouble dj12 has with the process.
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I have had 5 Paracentisis procedures to drain my ascites. Anesthesia is not needed, in my opinion. When my chemo was started, the ascites went away.