Port Defunct
Well the decision was made today by the oncology nurses that they would no longer use my port. Their reasoning makes total sense to me. Instead of having to return after the herceptin to have it remov...
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That is it! The blasted port is coming out. I am tired of waking up in pain with it. I get little enough sleep as it is. Every morning I have to do a lymph node massage to stop the pain in and under my arm as the port somehow keeps blocking the flow. My osteo was the only one who could work out where the pain was coming from and he relieved it instantly but I now have to continue with manipulating the port out of the way and a lymph node massage. On top of that, the port itself keeps pinching me. When I get the lymph nodes out in three weeks it would be a bigger issue so OUT it goes when they remove the nodes and my poor battered boob. Sorry for the rant. I know a lot of you ladies are dealing with much bigger issues. I am afraid I don't deal with pain well.