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Chelee · 11-03-2008, 02:02 PM

I had my port in my left upper arm. It was no problem to access at all and my chemo nurse loved it. Even a blouse with short sleeves no one could see it. I had my port in about 1 yr 4 months I believe and never had any problems at all with it.

I was so against the idea of getting a port at all...I did not want one...but in the end it turned out to be the best thing I could of ever done when going through chemo. It makes things so much easier. The worse part of the whole thing was when it was first installed...my upper arm was a bit sore for about a week. Other then that I would do it again that way.

Chelee

11-03-2008, 02:02 PM	#5
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	I had my port in my left upper arm. It was no problem to access at all and my chemo nurse loved it. Even a blouse with short sleeves no one could see it. I had my port in about 1 yr 4 months I believe and never had any problems at all with it. I was so against the idea of getting a port at all...I did not want one...but in the end it turned out to be the best thing I could of ever done when going through chemo. It makes things so much easier. The worse part of the whole thing was when it was first installed...my upper arm was a bit sore for about a week. Other then that I would do it again that way. Chelee __________________ 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. Last edited by Chelee; 11-03-2008 at 02:04 PM.. Reason: Corrections.