Category Archives: Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Getting Used to the New PICC Line

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Although the new PICC line is awfully pretty, what with its purple and its not oozing, it feels weird. When I straighten my arm quickly, I feel an odd motion in my arm, like someone pulled the string on one of those whirligig things we played with when we were kids, or like you pulled back and released one of those… Read more »

Allergic Reaction to PICC Line Wing Guard

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Things have been trucking along just fine for the last two months or so here in Hyperemesis Land. Not great, but sooo much better than I was the first few months, when I thought I would die and actually kind of looked forward to the relief death would bring. When I had my PICC line inserted on July 7, my… Read more »

Nausea Decreasing, Acid Reflux Getting WAY Worse

I’m feeling a lot better the last week or so and have been able to eat normal foods in small portions (though I still can’t poop, which as I’m sure you can imagine is a real problem), but my reflux is KILLING me. I feel like I’m being stabbed in the esophagus. I am taking Reglan at waking and bed… Read more »

So I Can Use My Arm Again WHEN???

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It’s been exactly 24 hours since my PICC line went in and my arm feels like crap. Every time I do anything that doesn’t require my arm to be completely straight hurts like a mofo. Also it bleeds like crazy. I don’t mean gushing, but definite oozing. This morning when I got dressed it bled so much that it came… Read more »

Time for a PICC Line?

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I had my third ER visit on Sunday after my ketones were at 80 per the test strips Alere (the home health company) provides and my weight had dropped another 3 lbs. They gave me 2L of fluids with glucose and 4 mg of Zofran (on top of my 1.4 mg/hr with the pump AND the 1 mg bolus I’d… Read more »