Hello All!!!!
Hi everyone, first timer here, yes didn't think it would happen to me but it did.
Diagnosed on 28/10/15 with 3 cm tumor and one of my lymph nodes has cancer (out of 13) My diagnosis was Invasive Du...
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Hi Chriss. Sorry that you find yourself joining us.
I had a portacath and it helped heaps. My veins are very weak and it was recommended to me to get the port. I would definitely recommend it to anyone due to the convenience.
The only down side for me personally is that hugging my kids is sometimes painful when their heads press on the port on my chest! and I sometimes accidentally scratch my chest and that is a bit sensitive but nothing major.
When treatment finishes and you wish to keep the port for a few months or untill it gets removed, they will need to flush it every 6 to 8 weeks and that does not take long at all.
I will probably have mine taken out when my reconstruction surgery is done later in 2016.
Hope this helps