Back from Avastin:
This time it hurt.
I guess you could call it a minor issue but anytime you suffer some pain it doesn't seem minor. We flew up early on Friday, Jul 17 on Southwest Airlines feeling a bit of trepidation after the Southwest's problems earlier in the week (click here to see details). Our plane had no problems as we arrived early at Midway Airport, took a taxi to the Medical Center and went up to the 6th Floor to get my infusion at 10 AM. All seemed well and ahead of schedule until the nurse had problems sticking the cephalic vein in my lower right arm. She failed in her first attempt and then went back into the same vein, only higher on my arm. It hurt plenty this time with the stick and worse yet, it continued to hurt for a half hour as they waited for my Avastin to show up from the hospital pharmacy before my infusion could begin. This is the worst time that I've had in their infusion suite since starting the ordeal in March. Let's hope that it doesn't happen again. The Avastin dripped in OK into that vein and I had no side effects. Following my infusion, we took the taxi back to the airport and unfortunately waited an extra two hours for our delayed flight back to Indianapolis. We picked up our dog, Chaim, at Sarah & Thomas' and went home. I took the bandages off my I.V. spot and noticed swelling and bruising at the needle sites this time. As I said, it was a minor problem, but it did hurt quite a bit and was an unexpected problem based on my prior experiences. I hate to sound like a baby but it's one of the few issues that I think could have been avoided at their clinic.
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