Port Insertion Tomorrow

I've had my port in for 15 months now and it was put in under a general the day before I started chemo so I didn't feel a thing.  I do find it a bit tender on the chest, particularly under the seatbelt, so I keep it covered with a Nexcare waterproof dressing most of the time.  And I apply Emlar cream topically which numbs it prior to it being accessed for Herceptin treatments.  The anaesthetist was pretty keen to reassure me that it was possible to lead a normal active life with the port in place.  Cycling, swimming, jogging?  No problem he said.  What about yoga?  Yes yoga is fine he replied.  And inversions?  What are they he asked? You know, like doing a head stand or a shoulder stand.  Hmm....no one has ever asked that one before so I'm not sure?   Well I took six months off the yoga during the chemo as I was way too wonky with the balance but since then I've been back into it and when I front up in about a month's time to have the port removed, i will happily tell him that all these things are possible with the port in place.