My veins are getting weaker and weaker now and some of them have become sclerosed from the chemo. It was at this point, I regretted not getting the portacath put in! So, the new routine is: wear every layer of clothing I can find on my way to the hospital, put a hot water bottle on my arms, drink a big mug of hot tea and basically, arrive to the hospital well hydrated and sweating like a pig so my veins would be a little earier to find. This is them completed by bathing my arms - up to armpits nearly - in a bucket of the hottest water I can tolerate. Then Bingo! Chrissie comes along and boom! In with the cannula! Relief!
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