Port put in- cough with blood

acrispell
acrispell Member Posts: 3
edited June 2020 in General Cancer
My father had a port put in yesterday because he begins chemo tomorrow. He coughs frequently, but today when he was coughing, blood is coming up. He put a call to his doctor and nurse said the oxygen from his procedure yesterday could dry things out and therefore blood. Anyone else have this happen? Thanks!

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  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited June 2020
    I'm so sorry he's facing that.

    I did not have any blood after having my port put in.

    I hope the "simple explanation" he was given is correct and that he'll be okay ASAP.

    Good luck to him!
  • GregP_WN
    GregP_WN Member Posts: 742
    edited June 2020
    That's too bad he is having issues. usually, a port is a non-eventful thing. I had two of them, the first one stopped working and had to be replaced. The second one stayed with me for 15 years before I would let it go. But, as always, there can always be some crazy thing that comes up. Most of the time these issues are taken care of pretty easily. We hope he gets it cleared up pretty quickly.
  • Bengal
    Bengal Member Posts: 518
    edited June 2020
    Hopefully this will clear itself up. I never heard of this happening. It the bleeding doesn't stop in a timely fashion I would be back in that phone!

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