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 Cathy, for me I have only had 2 things done through the port so far. The first without cream yesterday definitely hurt more from the pressure of pushing down on the port rather than the prick of the needle. It felt like a thumb tack going into my chest but it was only 1 and a bit weeks after insertion, I was lying down when they accessed it and I am sure I still have bruising inside. Today was an absolute breeze after having the patch. Yes I asked for a patch to take home for the next time. I will be using a patch every time as I am having 3 weekly treatments for a year. A lot of other women, including a 78 yr old woman who was sitting next to me today do they same thing and get a patch for every time. Small price to pay for me. Maybe it wouldn't hurt without the patch but why risk it when there is such a simple solution.
If it is still really painful talk to the onco team or the surgeon who put in in.
Hope it gets better for you, Nadine
Nadine