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The time has come to say goodbye to my port and our love hate relationship
Hi all. I am celebrating NED at the 2 yr mark. Now my onc says I can and should remove my port. I feel both happy and sad about this. I thought I had another 12 months with it but alas no. A small par...
@primek I had my port out under a local at the hospital here, just used a general surgeon (who actually let his minion do it). I still had to go into theatre but I had no sedation or general anaesthetic so there was no pre-op appointment and I went home two hours later after a couple of rounds of obs and a cup of tea. I didn't want to have a line put in--that was the whole point of having the port, my veins are shite!
I can't say it was a pleasant experience and may not be something that everyone would be comfortable with, but I've had to do a great many things I don't like in the last ten years. I can tolerate nasty stuff if I know it is only going to last for half an hour or so. The main thing was convincing the surgeon I would be OK.
Anyway, if you get stuck it might be worth considering. We can be tough old chickies when we have to be :) Marg xxx