Forum Discussion
Gerryb
10 years agoMember
Gated heart pool scan
Hi ladies, I have a Infusaport and am scheduled for a gated heart pool scan tomorrow. Can they use the port for the injection of radioactive tracker?
primek
10 years agoMember
You need blood removed 1st then returned. My port doesn't always give back blood. Where I go isn't where I have chemo and they are technicians. ..so I wasn't keen on them using my port. However sometimes you coud get a nurse to access the port who has appropriate training....but no guarantees they can get blood so might still need tbst taken elsewhere. I know if scans done at my normal hospital...the chemo nurses have put lines in ready for the scan. I huess you will know more when you go
Kath
Kath