Hi all, I never thought in a million years I would need to be posting here. I was Diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, with a few affected lymph Nodes in January. Ive had 4 dose dense treatments ...
I have been on a similiar journey as regards chemo . I had a port and was lucky that it was not a problem. However I did smear emla cream (not sure of spelling) on the port site an hour prior to chemo. There are also patches you can put on prior to chemo that dulls the area. Patches are expensive at $7.50 each. Sometimes I needed a blood test duriwould take the test then wng chemo to test white blood cells etc. I