Trple neg mets bones and lungs
Hi, my BC is now triple neg, mets in bones and lungs, have had 15 rounds of chemo which was to be ongoing but canceled this week due to ca markers jumping from 72 to 360, anybody else had such a jump...
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hi Silba - have you discussed with your med staff about having a Portacath inserted?
ive had mine since day 1 as I knew after years of multiple colonoscopy procedures that my arm venous access not great
It doesn’t solve all,issues - only oncology staff can access ( if I need bloods taken I usually go in beforehand to oncology and they take bloods For that ). I had Recent surgery at a private hospital and despite asking beforehand about did they have anyone on staff with training nothing was arranged. Anaesthetist failed accessing right arm and used left arm (which was post lumpectomy and lymph nodes removed) but as that surgeon was also a breast and thyroid surgeon as well and she ok’d it I didn’t stress out. I also got him to put me out before he continued trying ( a previous anaesthetist at lumpectomy surgery had great trouble and it was quite painful ).
If I ever have a admission to,public hospital I’ll,make sure I can arrange access to oncology first for Portacath to be accessed first before admission elsewhere .
I think current thoughts are that whilst one shouldn’t access the surgery side on a routine basis that if there’s a emergency or a isolated surgery need that it won’t cause major issues .generally though most try and avoid your surgery side
ive had mine since day 1 as I knew after years of multiple colonoscopy procedures that my arm venous access not great
It doesn’t solve all,issues - only oncology staff can access ( if I need bloods taken I usually go in beforehand to oncology and they take bloods For that ). I had Recent surgery at a private hospital and despite asking beforehand about did they have anyone on staff with training nothing was arranged. Anaesthetist failed accessing right arm and used left arm (which was post lumpectomy and lymph nodes removed) but as that surgeon was also a breast and thyroid surgeon as well and she ok’d it I didn’t stress out. I also got him to put me out before he continued trying ( a previous anaesthetist at lumpectomy surgery had great trouble and it was quite painful ).
If I ever have a admission to,public hospital I’ll,make sure I can arrange access to oncology first for Portacath to be accessed first before admission elsewhere .
I think current thoughts are that whilst one shouldn’t access the surgery side on a routine basis that if there’s a emergency or a isolated surgery need that it won’t cause major issues .generally though most try and avoid your surgery side