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Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jun 3 8:02pm | Replies (24)
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I’m glad you’re doing so well, Cindy. I’m walking around my room using my walker really well, but I’m trying to find home healthcare so I can leave this nursing home. The only concern is finding help for this PICC line. The atmosphere here is chaotic and the place understaffed. A lady down my hallway screams, cries, and cusses at workers constantly so it’s difficult to sleep. Not getting adequate pain killers is making it impossible to get enough sleep. Hopefully my insurance case worker will help me get care at home asap.
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Thank God I had help at home with my PICC line and IV antibiotics. It was the one thing I did need help with at home. Ask them for an extender kit and to teach you how to give yourself the IV antibiotics. They made my original lines too short for me to clamp and unclamp my lines otherwise I was ready to do my own IV antibiotics. Did I mention I hate to ask for help?? You are most likely not getting good rest so your body is not healing like it should hence the issues with uncontrolled pain. Although I will say the first six weeks are the hardest. Do you have anyone who can help you at home a few times a day just until you finish the IV antibiotics??