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My onc did not ask me if I wanted the port, just scheduled the installation, but was glad because I too HATE needles. It was so nice they took my blood from the port, but now it only goes in and they can't draw blood out of it anymore so I still have to get stuck occasionally. I only seem to have one good vein that's handy. They also gave me some lidocane (? numbs it) cream to glob on the port & cover with that sticky plastic wrap about 2 hours before my herceptin and I don't even feel the stick. You can tell I still have chemo-brain because I can't remember what that plastic wrap is called or how to spell the numbing agent.
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DX 7-5-05, Age 54, Stage 1, Grade 2, ER+ (25%) PR- Her2 neu 3+
Lumpectomy 8-4-05, 2cm tumor, 3 nodes neg, Completed 4 A/C, 4 taxol, decadron (weekly due to steriod reaction) finished 4-17-06
Finished 33 rads 6-5-06, Femara, Started Herceptin 6-22-06
Effexor for hot flashes, Taken off Herceptin Feb 2007 due to low LVEF (44 by Echo) Coreg & Lisinopril replaced bp meds - April Echo back up to 55 Resumed Herceptin 5-21-07.
2010: almost 5 YRS NED!!! Still taking Femara & Coreg. Due to all the CT scans, abdominal aneurysm found & repaired. Something good came out of having cancer.
2013 7+ years NED. Still on Femara
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