During cancer treatment, one of the pains that patients have to bear with is the constant needle pricks when receiving chemotherapy or drawing or receiving blood. Sometimes the veins are so thin that nurses have to make several attempts.
But there are ways to ease the pain. Patients could opt for the implanting of a chemo port, a device that is surgically put in the chest, or a PICC line (a peripherally inserted central catheter) that is inserted in the arm.
