Port or not?
Gizz
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Should I have a port incerted when I have my surgery. Chemo doctor said I was having only 3 sessions. So is it worth putting a port in or just using my veins.
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That would depend on if you're an "easy stick" or not. How are your veins? Can they usually find one to draw blood or start an IV? If not I would say yes, get it. But if they can usually find one then only three sessions isn't going to be bad at all. I hope you do well with your treatments!0
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Since you are Stage IIIB, I'm thinking that you might be having strong chemo and a port would be better. Do you know what chemo you are going to have?0
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Thanks for your help. I am a easy stick and no I have no idea which chemo treatment I will be having. Guess I should find out huh!0
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I would think of it's only 3 infusions you might forego the port. If you read some of the comments to the question on port pain, sometimes they can hit a nerve during the insertion surgery which can set off a whole new set of problems.0
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It really depends on how you feel about a port. But it can be used for blood draws, dye for tests, and other things.
In my case, I was a hard stick, and had chemo for a whole year. So it was a good choice.0 -
If you are going to have only 3 infusions, then I would not get the port. I had a port inserted because I had 12 rounds of Folfox and it was good to have. I will say that whenever the port was accessed, it was a more painful prick than using a vein in my arm.0
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