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Hi All, Just joined and first post. This whole cancer thing scares the hell out of me. It happened so fast. Diagnosed in Dec 23 1st surgery on 19th for a wide local excision and lumpectomy to return...
hi @Sandra01 all the best with your call from your team about the clots you’ve been made aware of.
I am conscious mine may be a very different scenario than yours but in case it helps, last time I went in for my treatment one of the nurses made a comment that there might be a ‘clot’ around the port.
The kind of clot I had wasn’t blocking the chemo treatment going into my veins. It was a bit like a drain blockage, acting like a valve or trap door that would open up to let fluids in, but flapped back and blocked the nurse being able to draw blood back up out of the port (which they usually do to check the flow, I think).
To clear it they administered a drug that breaks down the blockage. Took about 20 minutes and it was cleared/good as gold.
I confess I was nervous when the nurse mentioned that but another very experienced colleague came over to support her and explained the situation to me. So I totally understand you feeling worried. I have had 16 or 17 infusions throughout the past year and no problems at all with the port before. For me I feel it’s been a good thing and saved the stress of finding a vein each time. Good luck with your treatment @Sandra01 thinking of you as you progress along ❤️🌺
I confess I was nervous when the nurse mentioned that but another very experienced colleague came over to support her and explained the situation to me. So I totally understand you feeling worried. I have had 16 or 17 infusions throughout the past year and no problems at all with the port before. For me I feel it’s been a good thing and saved the stress of finding a vein each time. Good luck with your treatment @Sandra01 thinking of you as you progress along ❤️🌺