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Hi there. My port is also on the inside of my upper arm (they called it a passport (sp?)). I was scared to death when I went to get it put in- and needles don't usually bother me. I was completely awake for it and other than the IV, and a little numbing medicine at the site, I didn't feel a thing. It went in pretty quickly also. Afterwards, it was a little sore, only if I touched it. As a matter of fact, I kept forgetting that it was there and was using my arm to shut doors and all and would quickly remember when the pain hit!! The tenderness went away after a few days and it did bruise a little, but not too bad.
Love, Kelly
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dx'd 05/06, 37 years old
er/pr-, Her2+, grade 3
double mastectomy, immediate reconstruction- implants
Stage 2b, 2 tumors- 2.2 cm and 0.6 cm, 3/5 + nodes
all scans clear
genetic testing- negative
06/06 began dd A/C x 4, 12 weekly Taxols w/ Herceptin
30 rads
Herceptin weekly x 1 year
Herceptin completed 08/07
Port removed 12/26/07 MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
05/17/08 Two year anniversary NED
"We gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... you must do the thing that you think you cannot do."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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