Adrushing83
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This is my first post on this forum. Sorry if I put this in the wrong area.
A couple days ago SWIM fixed up a shot from a 8mg Suboxone film. He did everything the same as he has for the past 11 months. It was filtered with a 2
micron filter, and added a little injectable Penicillin at the end of the prep. He was having some trouble finding a vein to use. He found a nice vein on the
thumb side of his left forearm. About 4 inches above the wrist. He went for the vein, and it rolled away on him. So he went a little deeper, and angled toward the middle of his arm. He got a flash in his rig, and slowly started to inject. When he had about 3/4 of the 1ml in he felt a burning shock feeling run through his hand. He stopped injecting, and pulled out. There was a lot of bleeding as soon as he pulled out. And it appeared to be arterial blood. he put a pressure bandage on. The shock and burning feelings went away within about 10 seconds. But he was feeling some pain in his wrist, and thumb. This happened around noon. By 8:00 pm, his hand was really painful, and swollen. He decided that he had screwed up, and needed to go to the ER. When he got to the ER at around 10:00 pm. It has swollen more, and began hurting from his elbow all the way to his finger tips.The Doctor gave him IM antibiotics, and ordered the nurse to wrap his arm. Shortly after being wrapped his arm became more painful than anything he could imagine. The Doctor gave him some Tordal. Which didn't help the pain at all. They then gave him a shot of IM Dilaudid which didn't help either because Swim has been on 8mg of Suboxone daily for close to a year. The Doctor referred SWIM to a hand specialist to see the next day. The next morning his hand was even worse looking, but didn't hurt as much. his hand was so swollen that it was hard, and it was cold to the touch. And was really pale. He called the hand Doctor. To try to see him ASAP. But the receptionist told him that because he didn't have health insurance, they wouldn't see him unless he paid $800 up front. He told her what was going on with his hand, and she put him on hold. A minute later she came back on the phone, and told him to get there ASAP. But to make sure he brought his ID, and as much money as he could. When he finally got there and, finished his paperwork they sent him to see a PA. She told him right off that because he didn't have insurance that she was going to do as little as possible treating him. After examining him, she seems concerned and had a Doctor look at his hand. They thought that he had damaged his radial artery and nerve. At least 5 Doctors came in to look at SWIM's hand. The decided that he compartment syndrome in his hand. To confirm that it was the did a Striker test on him. They used a special machine with a 4 inch 14G needle to ready the pressure in the hand. The normal pressure is 6 to 7. So they stuck the 14G needle into the palm of his hand, with no numbing or sedation. It wasn't fun, and it was bad news. The pressure in his hand was 62. So the Doc told him that he wasn't going home. They needed to do surgery right away to relieve the pressure, or they would have to remove his hand. So he left the Dr office, and went to the hospital. They took him straight to pre-op to get him ready. The Surgeon told him they would be making a 1 to 1 1\2 cut at the base of his thumb. Then open his wrist, to check the puncture of the radial artery. And that he would be kept at the hospital for a couple days. When he woke up after surgery, he was told that the surgery went good. But there was a high possibility of blood clots, and still losing a finger, or his while hand. And that he was going to be sent home. It was a different Surgeon that talked to him after surgery. This asshole told Swim "sorry, but i'm going to have to send you home. Since you don't have health insurance. Be sure to not take off your bandages or splint. And if you see your hand turning blue or pale. Or excess swelling call my office.".Swim asked him how he was Suppose to watch his hand if he couldn't take the bandages off? He was told to just pay attention, and he would know. For pain control the Surgeon told Swim to continue taking his Suboxone 8mg a day. But then take Norco 5mg every 2 hours. Swim asked about the Suboxone blocking the Norco from working in the receptors. The Surgeon claimed that the Suboxone wouldn't stop the Norco from working. " Take your Suboxone as normal to keep your baseline. Then the Norco will add extra to handle the pain. ." The nurses told Swim to call his sub Dr to find out what to do. Swim was release, and is now sitting at home. With some severe pain in his hand.
Swim is done with needles. This was not worth the slight buzz from shooting the strips. I hope that this will help someone else to put down the needle. Its not a very good trade, your hand or arm, for a buzz. And don't forget about missing 6 to 12 weeks of work. Looks like Swim might lose a lot more things to. Even if everything goes well.
A couple days ago SWIM fixed up a shot from a 8mg Suboxone film. He did everything the same as he has for the past 11 months. It was filtered with a 2
micron filter, and added a little injectable Penicillin at the end of the prep. He was having some trouble finding a vein to use. He found a nice vein on the
thumb side of his left forearm. About 4 inches above the wrist. He went for the vein, and it rolled away on him. So he went a little deeper, and angled toward the middle of his arm. He got a flash in his rig, and slowly started to inject. When he had about 3/4 of the 1ml in he felt a burning shock feeling run through his hand. He stopped injecting, and pulled out. There was a lot of bleeding as soon as he pulled out. And it appeared to be arterial blood. he put a pressure bandage on. The shock and burning feelings went away within about 10 seconds. But he was feeling some pain in his wrist, and thumb. This happened around noon. By 8:00 pm, his hand was really painful, and swollen. He decided that he had screwed up, and needed to go to the ER. When he got to the ER at around 10:00 pm. It has swollen more, and began hurting from his elbow all the way to his finger tips.The Doctor gave him IM antibiotics, and ordered the nurse to wrap his arm. Shortly after being wrapped his arm became more painful than anything he could imagine. The Doctor gave him some Tordal. Which didn't help the pain at all. They then gave him a shot of IM Dilaudid which didn't help either because Swim has been on 8mg of Suboxone daily for close to a year. The Doctor referred SWIM to a hand specialist to see the next day. The next morning his hand was even worse looking, but didn't hurt as much. his hand was so swollen that it was hard, and it was cold to the touch. And was really pale. He called the hand Doctor. To try to see him ASAP. But the receptionist told him that because he didn't have health insurance, they wouldn't see him unless he paid $800 up front. He told her what was going on with his hand, and she put him on hold. A minute later she came back on the phone, and told him to get there ASAP. But to make sure he brought his ID, and as much money as he could. When he finally got there and, finished his paperwork they sent him to see a PA. She told him right off that because he didn't have insurance that she was going to do as little as possible treating him. After examining him, she seems concerned and had a Doctor look at his hand. They thought that he had damaged his radial artery and nerve. At least 5 Doctors came in to look at SWIM's hand. The decided that he compartment syndrome in his hand. To confirm that it was the did a Striker test on him. They used a special machine with a 4 inch 14G needle to ready the pressure in the hand. The normal pressure is 6 to 7. So they stuck the 14G needle into the palm of his hand, with no numbing or sedation. It wasn't fun, and it was bad news. The pressure in his hand was 62. So the Doc told him that he wasn't going home. They needed to do surgery right away to relieve the pressure, or they would have to remove his hand. So he left the Dr office, and went to the hospital. They took him straight to pre-op to get him ready. The Surgeon told him they would be making a 1 to 1 1\2 cut at the base of his thumb. Then open his wrist, to check the puncture of the radial artery. And that he would be kept at the hospital for a couple days. When he woke up after surgery, he was told that the surgery went good. But there was a high possibility of blood clots, and still losing a finger, or his while hand. And that he was going to be sent home. It was a different Surgeon that talked to him after surgery. This asshole told Swim "sorry, but i'm going to have to send you home. Since you don't have health insurance. Be sure to not take off your bandages or splint. And if you see your hand turning blue or pale. Or excess swelling call my office.".Swim asked him how he was Suppose to watch his hand if he couldn't take the bandages off? He was told to just pay attention, and he would know. For pain control the Surgeon told Swim to continue taking his Suboxone 8mg a day. But then take Norco 5mg every 2 hours. Swim asked about the Suboxone blocking the Norco from working in the receptors. The Surgeon claimed that the Suboxone wouldn't stop the Norco from working. " Take your Suboxone as normal to keep your baseline. Then the Norco will add extra to handle the pain. ." The nurses told Swim to call his sub Dr to find out what to do. Swim was release, and is now sitting at home. With some severe pain in his hand.
Swim is done with needles. This was not worth the slight buzz from shooting the strips. I hope that this will help someone else to put down the needle. Its not a very good trade, your hand or arm, for a buzz. And don't forget about missing 6 to 12 weeks of work. Looks like Swim might lose a lot more things to. Even if everything goes well.
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