Help with port question

Mine was done a week or so after I began chemo.  They needed to start chemo asap and didn't want to wait for the port.  First treatment done without.  You can have it placed and use it the same day.  I opted not to, it just seemed like a lot for me to deal with in one day

Be well

Nel

Mine was placed during BMX with no external incision, it is subclavian, just below the collarbone and hollow of the throat.  None of us knew at that time that it would not be accessed until 3 1/2 months later, and after an additional 4 unforeseen surgeries.

I had mine placed about 2 days before.  Couldn't get coordinated with the surgeon until that day, but I could have had it done earlier if our schedules had meshed better.

I was curious about your question but going to where you posted on another thread I now think I understand.  I got my first chemo without a port.  Then I had a port installed on a Wednesday and got my second infusion on the Friday of that same week.  When they installed the port they knew I'd be having chemo two days later so they left it with access.  There was no problem.  Good luck to you. 

Mine was placed 2 days before my first tx.  It worked beautifully - I was so thankful to have it, especially with having to have 5 transfusions and 2 hospital admits.  When I had it removed, I asked to see it, and they cleaned it up and let me take it home.  Heck of a souvenir!

I got my first chemo without a port because we were moving quickly. For the 2nd treatment, I got the port in that morning and then went straight to chemo. My port is in my upper arm. I love it because it's not in the way. The nurses hate it because it tends to move and twist on them when they try to access it.

Roughly about about a week before my first chemo.  In the interim, I had labs, a PET scan, and a MUGA scan.

Carol

No calls home after any of my chemos and I went to dana farber. they expected me to call them if something went wrong.  I think with the number of folks going thru chemo, for all of the different cancers, it would a tremendous job to follow up.  I did find that if I had any questions or concerns and called them, I received a call back very promptly.  That mattered to me a great deal

Be well

Nel

My infusion center does not call , nor did I expect them to, but are very available and responsive if necessary.

I had my port put in about 1 week before the first chemo.  There was no follow-up call, and I didn't expect one either.  They did have me come back in 1 week for a check in with the doctor to make sure all was going okay.  I had 4 rounds of AC every other week at first, and then 12 straight weeks of Taxol.  The oncology office was very responsive, always had a doctor on call that I could talk to 24/7 if I ever had any questions.