To Port or not to Port
(Apologies if this appears twice - my first attempt has disappeared) I've had lots of information from my questions about preparing for chemo but I have another decision to make - whether to have a p...
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I didn't have a port. I had 4 rounds of A/C, 12 weekly Taxol and herceptin infusions and then 9 months of herceptin 3 weekly. I also lost use of my left arm, for injection purposes, about halfway through Taxol due to lymphoedema. I also had lots of blood tests. My day oncology nurses were good, the senior nurse an absolute gun. A few occasions when we couldn't get started without a few tries but not many. My pathology lab had one not good operative, and I just politely declined to have her do my tests. They were very understanding at the lab. I didn't fancy having something inserted for a year - towards the end, I could practically give names to my viable veins but we made it! Still happy about my choice, but I don't have any fear of needles, and had no pain. It's a really individual choice.