Lobular carcinoma first chemotherapy today
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@"Patti J" We all have our own path and what not, that’s fantastic you decided against and felt comfortable with it :)
Hopefully mine can be removed shortly after chemo..
I’m looking at this from a very specific perspective though - I used to insert 15-20 cannulas a day, I know how hard it can be to get. I know the very high dose sense chemo they’re giving me will ruin what few veins I have on that one available arm. I’ve seen the other side too of things gone wrong with all types of CVL’s so I don’t enter this lightly.
My hospital has a blood department that can do port sampling, obviously this will not be available everywhere but I’m hoping for at least my cycle bloods this can be don’t that way... if not a venepuncture for two tubes is much easier than getting a line in a difficult vein.
I just don’t want this to be repeated every fortnight and then have them say sorry no veins available no chemo today.
Also in my personal experience having a port makes a nurse much more cautious and careful. Just my humble opinion :)
Hopefully mine can be removed shortly after chemo..
I’m looking at this from a very specific perspective though - I used to insert 15-20 cannulas a day, I know how hard it can be to get. I know the very high dose sense chemo they’re giving me will ruin what few veins I have on that one available arm. I’ve seen the other side too of things gone wrong with all types of CVL’s so I don’t enter this lightly.
My hospital has a blood department that can do port sampling, obviously this will not be available everywhere but I’m hoping for at least my cycle bloods this can be don’t that way... if not a venepuncture for two tubes is much easier than getting a line in a difficult vein.
I just don’t want this to be repeated every fortnight and then have them say sorry no veins available no chemo today.
Also in my personal experience having a port makes a nurse much more cautious and careful. Just my humble opinion :)