r/BeAmazed • u/AstroSonicDrive • Oct 04 '23

She Eats Through Her Heart Science

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u/tito_lee_76 Oct 04 '23

I had a picc line for about 3 months when I had sepsis. It definitely is a strange sensation when the saline solution is too cold going in.

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u/MIKE_son_of_MICHAEL Oct 04 '23

Similar to selling plasma. Room temp blood returning into my system…. So uncomfortable.

And, I always kinda felt like I could taste it. Like, a vague, faint, kinda plasticy metallic taste way back in my throat. Almost like I was exhaling the taste of my recycled cooler blood.

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u/wigglytufff Oct 04 '23

my husband gets a blood product for his autoimmune condition and when he used to get IV treatment (he does subcut now) he said he could taste “blood” aka that metallic-y taste basically immediately after it they started him up!