The Port is so cool!

Hi Joy, Hilary. Alison & Jane, thanks for your comments. Yes the port is wonderful...so glad I have it now. As for the dex and an itchy bum....I must admit I had a little chuckle at that! I've never heard of that before, but thanks for the heads up! I have dex in tablet form, not through IV. It starts a day before chemo, day of chemo and a day after chemo. It gives me loads of energy and I run around the house like a chook without a head, talking a million miles an hour! So funny! I think its great that we are able to talk about whatever we like...nothing is off limts and the days of me being a prude are gone! I think you are right...the nurses have heard it all before so nothing shocks them I think! Take care all, Celeste x

Hi Celeste

Glad you decided on the port and are happy with it. No more heat packs, warm water arm soaks and bruises galore!!

With love

Joy K

Glad to hear others have had the same experience! The nurses here ( SJOG Subiaco, Perth) are brilliant as I'm sure all of them are! So knowledgeable.

Thanks for the well wishes and all the best to you too.

Alison xx

Hi Alison, no nothing is sacred. I too had that experience ( I thought I had worms like when the kids were littleLOL) These are the little things that no-one talks about ..... I have learnt way too much about my body over this journey. Like you my breast care nurse has heard it all before, we have some very in depth conversations about stuff I would never have talked about before LOL Hope you are travelling well Hilary .xxx

Well done Celeste! You can now cross that one off. Isn't it amazing how our bodies cope with so much over the BC journey. These things do make life so much easier as Jane said. I diiscovered something yesterday too. Don't mind sharing though when I told my hubby his comment was " some things should stay in the Ivy suite, only!!! Too much info!!"  I'm on weekly taxol/herceptin ( 6 down now and 6 to go!!). When the nurse put in the dex ( anti nausea med/steroid) I shuddered like I had an itchy nether region. She said some people do this if the dex is pushed in ( by syringe only by nurse) too quickly as it effects the soft tissue down there and fells like you have an itchy bum!!! The things we learn!! Now I know it isn't just me! ( hope this was't too much for you!!! I'm over being a prude!!) Like the breast nurse the nurses at my treatement centre have heard everthing. Nothing is sacred and they are so easy to talk to about anything! Often we can have a bit of a laugh as well to ease the stress of all of this.

Hope things continue to go well,

Thinking of you and all our pink sisters.

Love Alison xxx

Well done Celeste! You can now cross that one off. Isn't it amazing how our bodies cope with so much over the BC journey. These things do make life so much easier as Jane said. I diiscovered something yesterday too. Don't mind sharing though when I told my hubby his comment was " some things should stay in the Ivy suite, only!!! Too much info!!"  I'm on weekly taxol/herceptin ( 6 down now and 6 to go!!). When the nurse put in the dex ( anti nausea med/steroid) I shuddered like I had an itchy nether region. She said some people do this if the dex is pushed in ( by syringe only by nurse) too quickly as it effects the soft tissue down there and fells like you have an itchy bum!!! The things we learn!! Now I know it isn't just me! ( hope this was't too much for you!!! I'm over being a prude!!) Like the breast nurse the nurses at my treatement centre have heard everthing. Nothing is sacred and they are so easy to talk to about anything! Often we can have a bit of a laugh as well to ease the stress of all of this.

Hope things continue to go well,

Thinking of you and all our pink sisters.

Love Alison xxx

Well done Celeste! You can now cross that one off. Isn't it amazing how our bodies cope with so much over the BC journey. These things do make life so much easier as Jane said. I diiscovered something yesterday too. Don't mind sharing though when I told my hubby his comment was " some things should stay in the Ivy suite, only!!! Too much info!!"  I'm on weekly taxol/herceptin ( 6 down now and 6 to go!!). When the nurse put in the dex ( anti nausea med/steroid) I shuddered like I had an itchy nether region. She said some people do this if the dex is pushed in ( by syringe only by nurse) too quickly as it effects the soft tissue down there and fells like you have an itchy bum!!! The things we learn!! Now I know it isn't just me! ( hope this was't too much for you!!! I'm over being a prude!!) Like the breast nurse the nurses at my treatement centre have heard everthing. Nothing is sacred and they are so easy to talk to about anything! Often we can have a bit of a laugh as well to ease the stress of all of this.

Hope things continue to go well,

Thinking of you and all our pink sisters.

Love Alison xxx

Yes I got the PowerPort Sue, its great! Sounds like I might need the Emla patches for that CT dye though ...ergHHH! xx