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Topic Title: Can i use a tanning bed with a picc line in?? Topic Summary: Created On: 03/08/2010 12:54 PM Status: Post and Reply |
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03/08/2010 12:54 PM
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Hey so i had a random question.ok ive stil got my picc line in and i usually tan well im starting to get a little white and didnt know if using a tanning bed was safe or ok
 please write me thank you!
------------------------- 23yrs old F w/cf Diagnosis:MRSA, Chronic Sinutitis, Burkholderia Cepecia, Prominent Bronchietis |
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03/08/2010 01:05 PM
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I don't know about the line itself, but I would question the safety of the rays while on some heavy antibiotics.
------------------------- Tonya, Mom to Andrew 11w/CF and Becca 7 carrier 
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03/08/2010 01:31 PM
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The PICC line would be fine. The bigger concerns would be the sensitivity caused by some abx; and more importantly the fact that tanning beds are proven to cause skin cancer
------------------------- Tom, dad of 5 sons & 3 daughters, inc. a 7yr old son w/cf (DDF508). |
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03/08/2010 01:53 PM
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Hi, I tanned my whole life (picc line or not). I was in the natural sun and the only problem I had was the sweating. It would def irritate my dressing. I am a rebel and change it myself most of the time....but I would never advocate that. I def agree with everyone else that you may end up burned becuase of the antibiotics. If your going to do it wear SPF and dont forget the eye goggles.
------------------------- 40yrCF**female**W1282X and R117H...starting PTC124 Ataluren trial...wish me luck!! |
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03/08/2010 02:00 PM
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Im not using any medications right now.
but didnt know if just having the line in could be affected with a tanning bed
------------------------- 23yrs old F w/cf Diagnosis:MRSA, Chronic Sinutitis, Burkholderia Cepecia, Prominent Bronchietis |
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03/08/2010 02:03 PM
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Heck yea im fixing to tan right now
lol!
------------------------- 23yrs old F w/cf Diagnosis:MRSA, Chronic Sinutitis, Burkholderia Cepecia, Prominent Bronchietis |
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03/09/2010 12:57 AM
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i've tanned with a picc when i wasn't on antibiotics, my doctor doesn't agree with tanning, so i just didn't ask!
------------------------- Kelly, female, thirty-freaking-two!!! w/ CF, diagnosed @ 2, PA, aspergillus, ABPA, also ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura, an autoimmune disease that destroys my platelets, causes me to bleed like a mf, and complicates my CF to no end) I have 2 fur-babies, Howie and Mouse |
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03/09/2010 03:52 AM
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You're doc doesn't agree with tanning beds for a very good reason and you should take heed.
I'm sure CF and cancer would be a nasty combo, is it worth it for a temporary tan? ------------------------- KrazyKat (39, PA, Burkholderia Multivorans) |
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03/09/2010 08:02 AM
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I've done it. I just tried to keep that part of my arm covered.
------------------------- Tiffa, 26, diagnosed with CF and MRSA, college graduate, world traveler, and lover of life. |
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03/09/2010 03:14 PM
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You're doc doesn't agree with tanning beds for a very good reason and you should take heed. I'm sure CF and cancer would be a nasty combo, is it worth it for a temporary tan? Maybe it is something that makes her feel good about herself. Just trying to point out how one might see it. I dont tan, and never really liked it, but hopefully carly doesnt do it all the time, but considering all the other side effects of meds that we have to put up with all the time, maybe being a little tan gives her a self esteem boost, sometimes being in the warm bed makes one feel good especially when its cold outside. Dont have an opinion on the question itself, b/c never even occured to me, though I have tanned in the bad ole sun w/ a picc before, but just trying to give some insight. ------------------------- 22 yr. old female cf, dx at birth Burkholderia cepecia multivorians, Mycobacterium abcsessus, Pseudomonas |
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03/10/2010 11:20 PM
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wow ur really livin to the fullest! =) wish i could do that oh well maybe in ten yrs ill be like u =)
------------------------- Jessica,16 diagnosed before birth |
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03/11/2010 03:34 AM
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I'd never do it, but that's just me. I us to go to tanning beds when I was younger back in 1999. Had to stop doing it, because when I'd urinate, it would burn. Yep, you all are saying I should had been drinking more liquids, right? I was drinking about a gallon of water a day. I'd only tan for maybe 20 minutes 2-3x weekly.
I stopped going and it all went away. Even saw a Urologist, because I thought something was wrong. I think I went tanning for a few months. ------------------------- "But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"- Rocky Balboa (2006) 
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03/13/2010 05:28 AM
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Hey Carley,,,
I just have to tell you , that my 17yr old had malignant melanoma. At that time she was going to a tanning bed and not that often. She was not laying out in the sun and had never had a sunburn in her life. This is one of the deadlyest skin cancers, and by the grace of God it was caught at stage3. It was a small black new growth that popped up on the calf of her leg. I again agree with Tom. I certainly agree with crazycat. Really , is it worth it. It was bad enough to deal with her cancer , and this is a sneaky cancer so it has to always be checked. What she went through wasn't worth it, I can promise you that. I can't imagine taking a chance of getting cancer and having CF. Just like CF, you think , oh that could never happen to me (but it did), and I'm sure you think catching cancer from a tanning bed could never happen to you , but it can.......... No sun tan lotion is going to prevent cancer from a tanning bed. I hope you don't use a tanning bed.... Best of luck, and sending you many blessings,,Karla ------------------------- Karla,Nana to,'THE LOVE OF MY LIFE', Makailyn,now 8,diagnoised @2.5yrs w/CF,Gene Mutations DF508 & T1036I(rare)Pseudo&Staph since diagnoised,Pancreatic Insufficient,Asthma,Sinus,HIB,Rhizopuz,Hx RSV@age3.5yrs, Enterobactor Clocae,Alcaligenes, Achromabacter Xylosoxican,and now serious Pancreatitis problems,ect,ect,Well we all know!!! |
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