Sue, Your port must be new. My port and most that I know of can't be used for CT/contrast dyes, etc. I wish mine could be used for that...would make things much easier for all my scans. Sounds like you lucked out with this new type of port.
You mentioned being black and blue. I can relate...mine was placed in my upper arm and it was black & blue ALL the way AROUND my entire upper arm. It looked awful. Looked worse then it felt...but I had blood thinners in me at that time so I think that is what made mine worse. I know several nurses asked me what happened? lol No one wanted to touch mine for over a week. Thats how bruised and discolored it was. But thankfully its been working great...does the job.
Enjoy your power port...sounds pretty cool. You must of gotten to drive the latest model off the lot. lol  Thats going to come in handy! Wish I would of had one like that to start with.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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