Porto cath - yeh or ney!!!

I too had heaps of trouble with the insertion of my portacath - not known to me at the time but I wore the scars for a while.  Lots of bruising that took 8 weeks to go away (I am a bleeder so that added to it).  My surgeon saw me today and said that it all looked pretty good _ I also had a haemotoma from it.  He also said that he wants to leave it in for at 2 years from now.  I am okay with that as I don't want any more surgery at the moment either.  I think I have got used to it to a point (let's wait and see in Summer when it is exposed more though).  Anyway I originally got it in because my veins are not very good and it is extremely difficult and stressful to put canulas in me.  All in all I am okay with it. XLeonie   PS It cost me heaps of $$$$$$$ so I should get my money's worth out of it.