Brachi Plasty IV Placement???? Where Was Yours?

Was your IV (for pain or anesthesia) in your arm/hand? If he lifts my big arm up is it going to slip out? Oh I know I'm getting paranoid as the days get closer. But that keeps coming to my head.

I don't know about anyone else, but mine was placed in a vein in my foot!  Truly I don't want to add to your stress, but I won't lie and tell you that it wasn't painful to me.  I have a skinny foot and I really don't have good veins in my hands or my foot.  So it took a bit of "hitting the vein".  I will say that after it was over, it wasn't too bad.

My surgeon told me that they can't operate "above" the IV, so that's why it wasn't in my hand/arm, but in my foot.  Unfortunately, I had to have it done 3 times.  :(

I hope someone else will be able to give you better news, and perhaps all surgeon/ anestheiologist (sp) don't feel the same way that mine did.

All the best to you,
:o)

Hi Jervis,

they put it in your foot, he doesnt want the IV in either arm or hand
Susan

 Thanks Sue... I swear all i keep thinking about was waken up in the middle of surgery becuase it came out..lol I have pretty good viens. Sue don't think i'm crazy just nervous...I may have to call my primary to get something to calm me down.

After numerous tries to put the IV in my feet, the surgeon finally said he would place it in my neck once I was under.  Worked out fine.

Neck ! Ohhh helz no.....

Oh that's right Proudauntie.  I do remember that with one of my revisions, they did the same thing to me and put the IV in the neck vein once I was under.  It did work out that way also.

I have tough veins in my hands, but they finally got an infant IV in my hand to get me antibiotic and nausea meds, then put one in my foot while I was out!

I will be a week out tomorrow and I have to say if the incision was not numb I am sure it would hurt, but each day gets better!

Ohh Amy I'm getting more freaked out day by day. I swear i wasn't this scared when I had wls.

I had mine placed in my neck and it was done before I was put under. I kind of freaked out about it but it actually wasn't that bad.