And Finally: The Catheter Removal

It's like family, your catheter. More than that, it becomes a part of you. Quite literally. It's one of the first things that is done to you and, although it changes at one point, is consistently part of you throughout your whole treatment. It is used exceptionally often for taking blood samples and for giving you infusions. Your neck catheter is arguably the most practicably important aspect of your treatment!

It was a sad moment to see it go. Here is the extraction in all its glory:

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Neck Catheter

The one piece of equipment that will stay with you for your entire time during your HSCT treatment is the net catheter. Yes, it might change side and they do change over from a two tube catheter to three tube one at one point. However, the catheter will become simply part of you. And what a useful appendage it is. When they come to take blood tests from you in the morning, and you're barely awake, they just plug in these tubes into your neck and take the blood straight from your jugular. No needles into your arms, just a simple tube straight into your jugular vein!

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