Re: Intro -chat
annette hanna (nete1(AT)midwest.net)
Sun, 04 Jan 1998 16:22:38 -0600
At 02:30 PM 1/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>Michael wrote:
>
>>"how often do you other vent users have your tube changed"mine is only
>changed every ten weeks.
>
>I have my trach tube changed about every 8 to 10 weeks, too. My husband
>changes it for me. He offered to do it from Day One, but I was too scared to
>let him. I always dragged all of my trach tube changing stuff into my drs.
>office and had him change it for me. Finally I had to admit that this was a
>royal pain and I started to let my husband change it for me. I despise having
>it changed. In the beginning I used to get freaked out about it; I guess I
was
>so afraid that I wouldn't be able to breathe. Today the fear still comes up,
>but I know how to handle it now. I don't let it freak me out.
>
>I don't own my own vent or my O2 concentrator. My medical equipment company
>owns it; my health insurance pays for its servicing. Once a month they come
>out to check all of my equipment.
>
>I hope that 1998 is better for you this year, Michael.
>
>Carol Meyer
>
I too have my boyfriend change my trach. I went for almost two years
without changing a trach, but now change about every 8 weeks or so. When
we first started I was scared to death but he is quite a pro at it now and
it takes just seconds.
I have been lucky in the fact that I have had no scar tissue etc. that
sometimes be bothersome with a trach.
good luck..
Annette