Breathing a sigh of relief
I am sitting here having my 3rd cycle of chemo through my newly inserted port. After a lot of pain using it to get bloods yesterday I was apprehensive about how I would go today. I was given an elma ...
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Hi Tracy after being told I had such great veins before I started chemo I really wish I had taken the advice and got a port before I started. The drugs really do a number on your veins. I had a chemo leak through the cannula and now have internal scarring. The discomfit I have had during the first week of the port would have been easier to bear if I had been told about it. As it is, it is still better than all the pain from cannulas that I experienced through the first 2 cycles.
In short, having done the other way first, the port is SO Much better and it really is a small price to pay And there are no leaks with ports. For me, while early days no regrets so far.
Good luck with your choice, I know it's different for everyone.