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New diagnosis and Mastectomy
Hi 3 weeks ago I went for a mammogram and bingo I have now had a mastectomy to my left breast. Stage 2 N1 locally advanced invasive lobular breast cancer. Recommendation is chemo and radiotherapy. Jus...
Get the port but take any and all drugs they offer to you beforehand. I had lots of pain during the procedure as they didn't offer me any pain killers. I felt every needle and cut. Avoid that if possible. I have had nine chemo treatments so far since my port was put in, twice my port didn't work but seven times it did. Make sure you get numbing cream to put on the port area an hour before treatment and it makes the needle insertion less painful. The gnarly veins you may get if you don't get the port may cause problems down the track.