Apr 24, 2014 · Sometimes taking dieuretics can help your body get rid of the fluid as well but this really depends on how much fluid you generate from day to day. If treatment is working fluid accumulation …

Sep 30, 2023 · My husband is also on Pleurx and drains 150cc each time. I don’t know how long he can be off Pleurx. But you can take shower with Pleurx on. I think Pleurx greatly improved his breathing. …

Feb 21, 2020 · My pleurex catheter was placed in March 2016. Like others have mentioned, I did shower with it being careful not to do a "full-on" shower spray to the site where tube enters the body.

Feb 29, 2012 · I have a PluerX catheter and use the drainage kits, which include vacuum bottles. I will be traveling from the US to the British Virgin Islands in mid-April. Does anyone have experience …

KBJ13 Nov 28, 2018 • 1:58 PM I had a PleurX catheter for 14 months. Just had it removed two weeks ago. When we first started draining, it was pretty painful - as others said - from the lung reinflating …

Apr 2, 2015 · Does anyone know if there are issues with air travel and having a pleurex catheter? Linda

Dec 1, 2011 · PleurX Catheter Removal Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV Hello All, Hope everyone is doing well. My mother has stage IV NSCLC and has had fluid build up around the left lung (pleural …

Oct 30, 2010 · After nearly 3 months of having the catheter I suddenly developed pain at the site where the drain comes out. I'm not certain if it's the tape

Jan 20, 2019 · When diagnosed in 2010 I had a pleural effusion that lingers still. Necrotic cancer cells were found in my pleura a year after my treatment ended. They were found when I had cardiac …

Aug 8, 2019 · Since you’ve had the pleurx tube in 6 weeks ago, the pain you’re feeling shouldn’t be from the insertion procedure. Do you feel your pain only during draining? Some folks get some pain right …