portacath info
Hi everyone, I had a portacath inserted about 3 weeks ago for IV anti-biotics and will be restarting chemo next week. Last night area around poratcath was very sensitive and I had a stinging sensat...
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My area was quite sore...I mean it is stiched to the muscle. Evrn 4 months on it is still uncomfortable in certain positions. In bed I still just hug a very glat pillow to stop the muscles folding in on each other ...seems to work. If an infection the skin will get very red and hot above the port. Kath x