My skin hates the dressing

dressing affects my skin

Skin affected by dressing

This is a picture of what my skin looks like around the catheter that was placed almost two weeks ago. It’s from the adhesive pulling skin off when I change the dressing. Now I’m using a gauze dressing with paper tape. I hope it heals soon. I really do like the clear dressings better, since there’s less worry about getting it wet or allowing bacteria in. This catheter is placed under my right collarbone. There’s also a tube in my neck that I can feel. If you click on the picture, you can see a bigger version. If things like that make you at all queasy, then please don’t click on it. :)

Hickman double lumen catheter, Neostar triple lumen catheter

Comments (4)

sunshineAugust 25th, 2007 at 8:16 pm

Oh so sorry, Beth.
We send our healing wishes and our wishes for good outcomes.

minnesotadonAugust 25th, 2007 at 8:18 pm

Ow! I’m queasy, but I looked anyway. I’m learning a lot about my future from your blog. Thank you for doing it.

GinaAugust 26th, 2007 at 8:31 pm

Sorry about the reaction to the tape. yikes.

Ask if you can use Glad CLINGWRAP over the cath when you need to shower etc.

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