Ugh, I hate IVs in the hand. My birthmark arm/hand has large veins but they have a lot of valves in them and when someone insisted on using that hand and nowhere else for a test once they poked me 7 times before they gave up and called someone from the baby nursery to get it in my other hand.

The last 2 times I had surgery they put the IV halfway up my arm and I loved that position. It was so much more comfortable, even when I had to use my arm to hold onto a walker while in this huge surgical dressing/cast thing.

One of the nicer things (if there is such a thing) about ECT for me (if this fails) would be that they usually keep the IV in at least a few days while IP and I'd be IP for a reasonable percent of the treatment. It's too bad you can't go home with the IV and a dressing to protect it.