IThe lump is about the size of a quarter.
The needle I used says U-100 1CC.Is this ok for IV?
I don't think I plan to IV anytime soon unless in hands of someone WELL trusted.
If you don't know whether or not it's OK for IV use, I would have refrained from using it for IV use.
What gauge was it? 1CC is a standard size a lot of people use, but the gauge is more important than the volume.
Thanks for the super fast replies.
Any chance it may move up my forearm?
Yes it's a little sore but nothing crazy.
What you should be worried about is that there is an infection, and the infection will spread via your circulatory system.
A "quarter size lump" is a little large, how many units did you use?
I'm glad that the swelling went away. Next time, your idea of not doing it again unless having a trusted friend is a good idea.
I received an IV, in the hospital, with the thickest needle imaginable. The nurse used my cubital vein.
Ever since this, which happened July 2nd, I have had pain (both when pressure applied and when I bend my arm) in a 4 inch long, straight line going up onto my bicep. It feels like the pain is directly on the vein.
I have not IV'd anything since March. But I am worried that my arm has been damaged. Did she stab into something? Rip open my vein? Is my vein just recovering from being fucked by a 20 gauge needle? Should I go to a doctor?
No offense, but if I was in anyone's shoes who complains of a doctor/hospital worker using a huge gauge, why didn't you speak up?
You can say "I need something of a smaller gauge", they're going to have them: they're a hospital.
I would've spoken up before they even came close.
adventurer - can't say without looking at it (and even then I'm not a doctor) but it sounds like they might have damaged the vein. I have a lot of junkie friends (being one myself) and the only collapsed vein I've ever seen was in a friend who was improperly hit by a nurse in a doctor's office, so even they fuck up sometimes. I believe that the process can take a few weeks for a vein to completely collapse and the circulatory system to reroute the blood flow, so the timeline would fit if I'm correct about that, and since it's been so long I don't think it could just be the usual tenderness/bruising sometimes associated with large-gauge needles.
I was told by my friend that the collapse of his vein was the most painful experience of his life, but he was told that there was nothing they could do about the damage (his father is a doctor - helpful). I wish you the best of luck.
Really? And he thinks there's nothing he can do? He can't get his vein back but he can get compensation from the medical system.
I don't see why people like being ignorant about injecting themselves with drugs - does it make you happy to rely on people who don't know much about it either, and passed nursing school by the skin of their teeth? It would feel a lot better if you knew how to not even do it yourself but knew how to request a smaller gauge, and for someone who knows what they are doing to do it (a doctor who's done it thousands of times correctly, not a nurse who just got her first nursing job within the last week or two and you're her first human to practice on).
If you all had major surgery, would it be cool with you if a first timer surgeon did it, instead of someone who's been at it for decades and has already learned the basic skills needed to perform the operation?
