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I had my arm port taken out at my surgeon's doctors office. I was given a few shots of a type of local numbing like novocaine. I had a lot of scar tissue formed and it didn't want to come out. The doctor finally got it out it but he had to dig quite a bit to get it out. It didn't hurt then but later it was very sore, bruised, and swollen. It hurt for about a week and I took Tylenol to help with the discomfort. I was glad to have the port out and feel as though I'm done now with all the big guns of treatment. As I was just stage 1, my doctors all recommended to have the port taken out but it's a personal choice depending on all your circumstances.
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Cindy
L/IDC, 1.2 cm, Stage 1, Her2+, ER+/PR+ at age 48
4/15/2008 Lumpectomy + sentinel node biopsy
Margins neg and Nodes neg (2 tested)
MUGA score 55 on 5/6/2008
Treatment starting 05/08/2008:
Chemo 4 cycles, 3 weeks apart with Taxotere & Cytoxan - Chemo - Done 7/24/2008!
Herceptin for 1 year
Radiation starting in 9/2008
MUGA score 61.9 on 9/04/2008
33 Rads with boost - Done 10/13/2008
MUGA score 58 on 12/01/2008
MUGA score 59 on 3/16/2009
Herceptin for 1 year - Done 4/27/2009
MUGA score 64 on 6/22/2009
All scans - NED 6/24/2009
MRI - NED 11/10/2009
All scans - Still NED 8/25/2011
Still NED 2017!
I am calling this my pink journey
Follow my journey into the pink at my blog here
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