I really do not want a port...

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  • WC3
    WC3 Member Posts: 1,540
    edited October 2019

    I have scars but I don't often wear tops low enough to show them and I'm not particularly bothered by them.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited October 2019

    newfromNY - ask for your Prolia shots in your hip or butt. The nurses are pretty good about it. I always have my flu shots there too. And when I need blood drawn, it's from my ankle.

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  • trinigirl50
    trinigirl50 Member Posts: 343
    edited October 2019

    I didnt get a port and I made it through okay AC DD x 4 then 3 Taxols (had allergic reaction to Taxol) then 3 Taxoteres. I get Zometa infusions via IV every six months for past 4 years. Yes my veins are smaller but so far I am still good to go.

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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited October 2019

    hello sweetie I too agree port I recommend 5 stars or more I had my first treatment in my vein felt like my insides were on fire would have gotten two ports if needed scar would be least of your worries sweetheart.msphil diagnosed while making wedding plans for our 2nd marriages. idc stage2 0/3 nodes 3mo chemo before and after Lmast got married to a wonderful man who had been paying on my rings and got down on one knee to propose with rings and me bald. Then 7 wks on rads and 5yrs on Tamoxifen.

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  • exercise_guru
    exercise_guru Member Posts: 716
    edited October 2019

    I think it depends on who puts in your port. Mine is right in my neckline on the right side. If it had been farther to the right and under my bra line I wouldn't have cared. I didn't wear bras during chemo anyway. I wish I had put on my favorite tank top and traced it . some doctors are better at placement than others. Mine was a jerk

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited October 2019

    ExerciseGuru - agree, placement is important. I did trace the neckline I wanted & where my bra strap fell. My female BS was a dream & knew just what I meant.

    But as these things go and to even everything out, my PS was a jerk.

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  • countca04
    countca04 Member Posts: 44
    edited October 2019

    VMB: I did not get a port.

    I did AC + T chemo.....16 treatments in my vein

    Herceptin: 10 treatments in my vein

    Perjetta: 4 treatments in my vein

    and now doing Kadclya for 14 treatments but I have 13 to go....yes I worry that eventually they won't find a vein but it has not been a problem....YET!


    and I agree with all the treatment, surgery and radiation....I did not want another thing to do....just me though as I'm not wearisome when they go poking me for a vein...just my thoughts

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