Back into the land of treatment....sigh...
Well what a shock it was to receive a phone call from my Oncologist on Monday, telling me that preliminary results from the clinical trial that I was in during my treatment in 2009/2010, have shown t...
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Hi Celeste
I have a port too and now that I've finished the herceptin, my surgeon will be removing it during my next surgery when he finishes my reconstruction.
My veins gave up half way through my chemo and I had to postpone one of my Taxotere treatments to have the port inserted. Like Chrissy, mine was done as a day surgery. Very quick and a bit of pain but absolutely worth it. It is fantastic not to have people at the chemo suite hunt around for a vein that's behaving itself.
My 2 cm insertion scar is taking a long time to fade but other than that and a little bump a few centimetres under my collar bone, you wouldn't know it was there.
Whether you're using it or not, the port needs to be flushed every four to six weeks by nursing staff, which would be a huge hassle if you didn't need it for active treatment. Otherwise, I'd be tempted to keep it so I didn't have another little scar when it gets taken out.
Helen.