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Port Insertion Tomorrow
Hi All I'm having a port inserted into my chest tomorrow prior to starting chemo next week (my veins are too fragile to cope with lots of needles apparently). Just wondered if anyone had any advice ...
I had mine put in under a general. I had very sore neck and shoulder after the surgery as well as really bad headaches which made me regret getting it in the beginning, but all this went away after 2 weeks and now I think it was the best thing I could've done. It really saved my veins ans helped me get through 12 months of Herceptin. Mine also flipped and I had to have a second surgery, but in hindsight that was only a minor hiccup and I still think my port is great. Good luck.