Results are in...treatment has begun
Its been a roller-coaster the last few days. My lymph nodesbiopsy results on Tuesday confirmed 100% breast cancer, which also means the lungs are positive too. I was very upset to hear this news, eve...
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Celeste, I forgot to mention that if you are still undecided about a PICC line or a port, I'd recommend the port. I had both and I didn't like the PICC line one bit. Neither did the nurses at St Andrews (who used some pretty fruity language trying to get it to work). It's inconvenient as you can't get it wet and it is not very attractive hanging out of your upper arm. The port does need to go in under some sort of anaesthetic but it sits under your skin and, apart from a little bump, you can hardly see it. Yes, there's some scarring but that's the last thing I worried about. It was just such a relief not to have them hunt around for a vein in the chemo suite and the hospital - although I could never persuade anyone else to use it. To some of the anaesthetists is was almost offensive for me to suggest that they might use my port. I had to have my infusaport removed a couple of weeks ago after I finished herceptin and I was actually sorry to see it go as it saved me so much discomfort for over 12 months of herceptin and chemo.
Take care Celeste,
Helen