Overwhelmed - Still
Hi Ladies, I have recently received my treatment plan....one week on and one week off for 2 months and then once a week for 3 months. I also need a portacath in. Has anyone had this kind of treatment ...
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I have a Bard Powerport Portacath. It took quite a while to settle down and for my body to accept it but after 4 months I hardly know it is there. I just have to use the Zonta pillow to cover it under the seatbelt when I am a passenger as it is on my left side.
I had it in only a week before my first chemo, so it was still sore after the operation,to access, but better and quicker than trying to find a vein.
It gave me weird referred pains around the other side of my neck and down through the middle of my chest for a couple of weeks before it settled down.
It has been used for drips and IV antibiotics while in hospital and for taking blood too at times in hospital, which is great as it leaves your hands free.
It can't be used for CT /MRI scans or routine blood tests though at collection points.
You do need to tell everyone it is in there if you go for scans, X-rays, operations etc, or are admitted to hospital.
I can't help you with your chemo schedule.
I had FEC 3 weekly X 3 followed by Docetaxel 3 weekly X 3
Each infusion knocked me flat for about ten days after, before I slowly started to recover.
Good luck with your treatment, I hope you have minimal side effects.
I had it in only a week before my first chemo, so it was still sore after the operation,to access, but better and quicker than trying to find a vein.
It gave me weird referred pains around the other side of my neck and down through the middle of my chest for a couple of weeks before it settled down.
It has been used for drips and IV antibiotics while in hospital and for taking blood too at times in hospital, which is great as it leaves your hands free.
It can't be used for CT /MRI scans or routine blood tests though at collection points.
You do need to tell everyone it is in there if you go for scans, X-rays, operations etc, or are admitted to hospital.
I can't help you with your chemo schedule.
I had FEC 3 weekly X 3 followed by Docetaxel 3 weekly X 3
Each infusion knocked me flat for about ten days after, before I slowly started to recover.
Good luck with your treatment, I hope you have minimal side effects.